To consider how the Constitutional Crisis affected the Unionist Alliance, exploration is needed on the reasons why the Conservatives rejected the Budget, how different opinions to the Budget caused disharmony within the party, the effect of the Parliament Act becoming law and Balfour's reaction.
Many Unionist peers were against the People's Budget for many reasons. One reason was that due to an agricultural depression in the 19th century land prices had declined. Also landowners had found that, starting in the 1880s, their privileges were being restricted by legislations already in place…
