Word: asquithian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Prime Minister. The House of Lords had refused Mr. Asquith's Parliament bill, designed to remove the Lords' veto power over "money bills." Mr. Asquith announced that unless the Lords voted the Parliament bill he would "advise" George V to create as many new peers of Asquithian persuasion as might be needed to pass the bill. Their Lordships, knowing that the King would do as Mr. Asquith might advise, avoided the issue, yielded...
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