Word: asquith
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present the working classes, as in Birmingham, are not solid for the Labor party. When Mr. MacDonald is voted out, he will probably ask the King for a dissolution and a new election. It is the contention of Mr. Asquith that by virtue of his prerogative, the King has a right to refuse this request, and instead call another prime minister--Mr. Asquith--into office. In view of the unique three-party situation in which Parliament finds itself, Mr. MacDonald has also intimated that the adoption of the Swiss principle of government might be a good thing...
About three weeks ago ex-Premier Herbert H. Asquith, now leader of the united Liberal Party, made a speech to the National Liberal Club in London. He said, among other things, that Labor would succeed the Conservatives, and that after a few months Labor would be defeated and the King would call upon the Liberal Party to form a new Government and would not dissolve Parliament. "Dissolution of Parliament," continued Mr. Asquith, "is in this country one of the prerogatives of the Crown. It is not a mere feudal survival, but it is a part, and I think a useful...
...long article written especially for The New York World, and published in the U. S. before it appeared in England, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Leader of the Opposition and generally accepted as prospective Prime Minister, answered the contentions of Mr. Asquith. Said he: "Supposing the Liberals were to defeat the Labor Government and that the Government resigned. What would happen I do not know. Everything would depend on the circumstances. The Liberal assumption that the only thing that could happen would be for their leader to be sent for is certainly erroneous...
Reverting to the constitutional question, which is fairly sure to crop up when a dissolution is contemplated, Mr. MacDonald said: "The question of dissolution will have to be faced sooner or later and I am glad Mr. Asquith's speech on that subject has received scanty support in the best informed quarters. . . . It was ill founded as an exposition of the practice of the Constitution. Delivered when it was, it was meant far more for the King's ears than for mine, or for any one else...
...were incontrovertibly taken in the interests of the people, and such a situation is more than unlikely. Nothing in the present hypothetical situation presupposes that King George will depart from the strictly constitutional practice of demanding ministerial advice, if a dissolution becomes necessary. The debate between Messrs. Asquith and MacDonald was, therefore, largely academic...