The Transformation of British Public Politics After the First World War*I would like to thank Laura Beers, David Dutton, Susan Pedersen, Andrew Thompson, Philip Williamson and the participants at seminars in Berkeley, Harvard and Manchester for their helpful comments and advice on earlier versions of this paper. I would also like to acknowledge the generous support of the British Academy through their Research Leave Scheme, the Economic and Social Research Council (Research Grant ESRC RES-000-22-0345), and the University of Liverpool through their Research Development Fund.