Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Borough or municipal elections in Great Britain derive their principal importance from the fact that they are regarded as straw votes for a general election for the Parliament at Westminster...
...Labor victory was naturally hailed with enthusiasm by that party and there followed a lot of wild talk about a dissolution of Parliament and a general election. In point of fact the borough elections have nothing to do with a national general election and cannot be fairly said to show a sentiment for a change of government, as local and not national issues are the primary considerations. On the other hand, it may reasonably be argued that an overwhelming loss by the Government party could be construed as a moral obligation upon the Cabinet to submit its position...
After a three months' vacation, the French Parliament last week reassembled. Its first act was to free four Communist Deputies - MM. Cachin, Duclos, Marty, Doriot-who were imprisoned during the summer for sedition. It was made clear to the four that as soon as the Chamber of Deputies ended its session they must go back to prison and "spend their vacations there." Deputy Franklin-Bouillon and a small party of his friends resigned from the Socialist party and formed the Radical Unionist party, the eleventh in French politics. The session continued...
Alfred Moritz, another son, took up the industrial side, preparing himself by a thorough course in law. After his many corporations were thoroughly organized, for he early diffused his energies into metal making, coal mining and gas producing, he stood for parliament and won his seat. For most English gentlemen, politics are a duty. For Sir Alfred (he was created baronet in 1910), politics have been a duty and a tool. They gave influence to his affluence. He was one of Lloyd George's Liberals; became First Commissioner of Works, then Minister of Health in Lloyd George...
...corrected his reputation as a fiery fop by leading the Light Dragoons to splendid distinction in the capture of Valentia d'Alcantara. after which he was elected to Parliament and later appointed by the King to be Governor of Fort William. The war with the Colonies started and Burgoyne came to America. To him this place must have appeared unreal and picaresque; as it appears in old engravings and panoramas, a country of little, round hills, of funny irregular cities upon whose wide quiet squares a few bewildered people postured, of dark mysterious forests in which Indians trotted and yodeled...