Word: lloyds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...means heedless of the ballot pulling power of pigs. Mr. Churchill's piggery is at Westerham; and Sir William's nestles on his Sussex estate, Newick Park. Both are scorned as mere "gentlemen's pig pens" by shrewd, onetime (1916-22) Prime Minister David Lloyd George, who owns a large, commercial pig ranch and tells his former constituents that "you and I keep pigs for profit, not prizes...
Thus with blatancy and bombast the Liberal Party Congress was addressed at Yarmouth, last week, by David Lloyd George. Though turned 65, the bandy little Welshman seemed to tingle with the fires and fervors of his youth. As though spoiling for a fight, he rubbed his eager hands and cried...
...Lloyd George, Mr. Baldwin said grimly: "One piece of campaign literature we are going to use will be the writings of Mr. Lloyd George in the foreign press at a time when our country was struggling and in difficulties." This referred to the Welshman's syndicated feature articles to William Randolph Hearst on the subject of the "British General Strike" (TIME, May 10 to 24, 1926). Conservatives hope to tag Syndicator Lloyd George with the political high crime of having been in sympathy with the strikers...
...Safeguarding was introduced by the [Lloyd George] Coalition Government and now has been experimented with for seven years. It has been shown a success in some industries. Many of the members of our party, I know, feel it ought to be extended rapidly. But it is not wise in a democracy to go too far in front of public opinion. The British public is slow to make up its mind, but it is thinking hard. . . . Today even Labor wants to restrict the effect of unfair competition from abroad. Only the Liberals would repeal the Safeguarding Act entirely. The Government...
Liberals began their campaign, last week, coincidentally with Conservatives. Said Mr. David Lloyd George, in Welsh, to an audience at Llangefni, Wales: "You have just heard me speak in support of my daughter Megan, who has been selected as the prospective Liberal candidate for Parliament from this division. . . . I am supporting her candidacy not because she is my daughter but because she is the choice of the party. . . . I cannot be responsible for anything she may say or do if elected...