NewHopeR
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Does it refer to "a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists"?
If so, it will be quite confusing. Becuase Liberal Party is still the third largest political parties in Great Britain.
Context:
The art of medicine
Defending democracy and the National Health Service
The dismantling of the National Health Service (NHS)
and of the welfare state proceeds apace. The historic
settlement of 1948, born of the recession of the
1920s and 1930s and the carnage of World War 2, is
being picked apart systematically by the UK’s Coalition
Government, which ironically includes the remnants of
the Liberal Party that played such an important part in
building the foundations of the welfare state in 1906
and 1911. In 1906, in the aftermath of the Second
Boer War, about a third of working-class recruits to the
armed forces were found to be unfit for military service
on account of physical stunting and poor health—this
despite 100 years of global economic domination by
the British Empire. Fearful of the rise of Germany as a
military force, the Liberal administration introduced
free school milk and meals and established the school
health service. In 1911, with the storm clouds of war on
the horizon, David Lloyd George introduced the National
Insurance Act, which provided schemes for health and
unemployment insurance for working men to protect
them against the worst threats of ill health.
If so, it will be quite confusing. Becuase Liberal Party is still the third largest political parties in Great Britain.
Context:
The art of medicine
Defending democracy and the National Health Service
The dismantling of the National Health Service (NHS)
and of the welfare state proceeds apace. The historic
settlement of 1948, born of the recession of the
1920s and 1930s and the carnage of World War 2, is
being picked apart systematically by the UK’s Coalition
Government, which ironically includes the remnants of
the Liberal Party that played such an important part in
building the foundations of the welfare state in 1906
and 1911. In 1906, in the aftermath of the Second
Boer War, about a third of working-class recruits to the
armed forces were found to be unfit for military service
on account of physical stunting and poor health—this
despite 100 years of global economic domination by
the British Empire. Fearful of the rise of Germany as a
military force, the Liberal administration introduced
free school milk and meals and established the school
health service. In 1911, with the storm clouds of war on
the horizon, David Lloyd George introduced the National
Insurance Act, which provided schemes for health and
unemployment insurance for working men to protect
them against the worst threats of ill health.