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Was is solely because of weak leadership that Chartism failed to bring about political reform by 1841?’ The Chartist movement was prolonged and widespread. It organised mass petitions and popular demonstrations, and was clearly taken seriously by the governments of the day. The list of reasons for its failure is almost endless. Lack of unity, organisation and leadership among the Chartists themselves, and sensible, firm action by the government, all combined to defeat the movement. Most of the Chartism were also fired by economic content. However, the government’s approach to the situation was a major reason for the movement’s failure and the Chartist’s weak leadership was not necessarily responsible for its failure. Lack of unity was one of the reasons for its failure. The various leaders failed effectively to communicate or co-operate, disagreeing on how to achieve their objectives – Lovett wanted to use moral force i.e.speeches, whilst O’Connor want