Word: asquith
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Liberal Party of Asquith, which he had so recently abandoned, said nothing. At the eleventh hour it put up a candidate of its own, Scott Duckers, who?as everyone knew?had not the ghost of a chance, who could divert no Labor votes, no normal Conservative votes, but might be counted on to catch some of the votes that the energetic Churchill was scooping in from the highways and the byways...
...Wicks' subject was "Liberalism and the British Labor Party," and he recounted the reasons for the present failure of Liberalism--in England today. "We failed because of our association with 'militarism'; because our words were big and our deeds small; because Asquith faltered when strong measures were required on the Irish question, but chiefly because we lost our moral enthusiasm, which is the driving force of a political party...
...Premier Macdonald's action "imperceptibly recognizing Russia" was severely criticized by ex-Premier Stanley Baldwin. Ex-Premier Herbert Asquith voiced his approval. Both endorsed the accord with France Which Premier Macdonald...
Present in the leader's seat among the crowded opposition benches was ex-Premier Baldwin. After the speech both he and ex-Premier Asquith, Liberal leader, congratulated Mr. Macdonald. In general the attitude of the house was fair. "Give Labor a chance...
...clearly. First, Ramsay Macdonald, the Labor leader, in delivering himself of a stinging criticism on the King's speech, declared that his Party lacked confidence in His Majesty's Government, and that it would restore British influence in Europe for humane ends. Second, ex-Premier H. H. Asquith pledged his aid and the aid of the Liberal Party in putting the Labor Party into power. In a scathing 'denunciation of the Baldwin Administration he said: "Less than six months ago they were in possession of a safe, comfortable, docile, manageable, majority of some 70 or 80 members...