With which party did Chamberlain serve as a radical?
Liberal Party
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Green Party
Answer
Joseph Chamberlain served as a radical in the Liberal Party. He was elected to Parliament in 1876 and served as a cabinet minister in the Gladstone governments of 1880–85 and 1886. He was a leading advocate of free trade and imperial expansion. In 1886, he split with Gladstone over the issue of Irish Home Rule and formed the Liberal Unionist Party.
Joseph Chamberlain: An Enigmatic Figure in British Politics
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