Built largely on the support of the Nonconformist business man, the interests it understood were essentially his interests; and to recognize the implications of trade unionism, as Keir Hardie and his colleagues did, was to invade the interests upon which it was able to count for allegiance.
Laski discusses the Liberal Party's alignment with Nonconformist businessmen over trade union interests.
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