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Amery turned down the chance to be editor of The Observer in 1908 and The Times in 1912 in order to concentrate on politics.

In May 1911 he was elected unopposed as a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Birmingham South, a seat he would hold until 1945.

One reason why Amery agreed to stand there under the Liberal Unionist label ( they were to fully merge with the Conservatives the following year ) was that he had been a long time political admirer of Joseph Chamberlain and was an ardent supporter of Tariff Reform and imperial federation.