Coalition Government
The visit of the Opposition Leaders to Asquith (17 May) was caused more by Fisher’s resignation (15 May) than by the Shells Scandal. As a result of the meeting Asquith wrote to his ministers demanding their resignations.
Asquith formed a new coalition government and appointed Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions.
Although Liberal politicians held office in subsequent coalitions, no purely Liberal government ever again held office in the UK after May 1915.
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