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Word: bantamweight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Leaders Quarrel. What made the mouse-squeak truly terrifying to Elephant MacDonald was a quarrel he had had earlier in the week with David Lloyd George. The bantamweight Liberal leader controls the greater part of a batch of votes on which the life of the Cabinet depends.* He demanded that Mr. MacDonald put through a bill giving the Liberal Party representation in parliament proportional to the number of Liberal votes at the next election.? Scot MacDonald said no to the Welshman. Mr. Lloyd George threatened his worst. At just this moment the mouse squeaked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Cabinet Totters | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

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