... suppose to barter with the government, couldn't and if it did it would get sued. The conservatives lost support from the working class because this case made them realise, they had no powers whatsoever! Although the middle classes were not directly related to this case, they felt pity and sympathized for the working class, so it wasn't only the working classes that the conservatives upset, it was also the middle classes. A second reason why the conservatives lost support by 1906 was due to the education act of 1902. In 1902, ratepayers would pay tax, tax which was proportionate to your earnings, however, once the education act had passed, ratepayers now had to contribute a certain proportion of there tax to fund church schools. There were positives and negatives to this situation; the positive was that more people were getting educated however the negative was far more serious. The conservatives lost ...

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