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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...elections when he became Chairman of the Parliamentary Labor Party and Leader of His Majesty's Opposition. Now he is Prime Minister, nearer Conservatism than Radicalism, such is the metamorphosis of Macdonald. The Times of London, says he is one of the most noteworthy of British Prime Ministers???an idealist and a pacifist guiding the country when idealism and pacifism are not the ruling passion of the world. Henry William Massingham, famed Liberal editor of London, summed up Macdonald thus: "Not eloquent, but a statesman. A man of principle, but not a fanatic. Elastic without being supple. A character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMONWEALTH: Advent of Laborism | 2/4/1924 | See Source »

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