Lloyd George – a Birmingham anniversary
February 5th marks the anniversary of the granting of the freedom of the city of Birmingham to David Lloyd George in 1921. At this time, Lloyd George had been prime minister for five years and was probably at the peak of his political success. He had won the War first through his vigorous pursuit of […]
Do you want to buy a rare Lloyd George somersaulting toy?
According to a story in today’s Western Mail, a rare wooden and papier mache toy, made to look like David Lloyd George, is to go on sale. The toy is designed to turn somersaults – just like the real Lloyd George is criticised for. The Western Mail reports that British toy-makers were resentful towards Lloyd […]
Final weekend school programme announced
The programme for the weekend school at the Commodore Hotel, Llandrindod Wells from 15-17 February has now been finalised. Unfortunately some of the planned speakers found they were unable to make it after all and the identifying and confirming of replacements has only just been completed. It is exciting to note that David Butler, Emeritus […]
Lloyd George precedent on police pay – ‘doubly instructive’ as Gordon Brown faces police strike
In a special report on crime in today’s Guardian newspaper (23 January 2008), columnist Allegra Stratton looks back at the history of police strikes and the threat of police strike ballots as background to the present dispute between the Police Federation and the government. Introducing the subject, Stratton takes us back to the year 1918 […]
Lloyd George wisdom about language recalled in Oklahoma (of all places)
The state of Oklahoma has a reputation for being one of the most conservative states in the USA. Both its US Senators are Republicans, although the current governor is a Democrat. Oklahoma has voted Republican in every presidential election as far back as 1964, and that was to elect Lyndon Baines Johnson that good ol’ […]
NEW BOOK ABOUT LLOYD GEORGE AND HIS WOMEN SHOULD BE PUBLISHED SUMMER 2008
Back in 2005, Ffion Hague, the wife of the former Conservative Party leader, announced that she was writing a book (to be published by Harper Collins) about the love life of David Lloyd George. The biography was to be called ‘A Perpetual Conflict: The Women in the Life of David Lloyd George’. According to the […]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year – and 2008 weekend school reminder
The Lloyd George Society is pleased to wish all visitors to its website a truly merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. We wish to thank you for visiting the site, hope that you found it informative and useful and that you will carry on re-visiting from time to time in order to […]
Threat to Lloyd George school increases
The Society understands that Councillors in Gwynedd have now voted in favour of plans to reorganise primary education in the county. This means they are one step closer to closing 29 rural schools in Gwynedd, including Lloyd George’s old school in Llanystumdwy. This was in the face of a noisy protest by around 600 campaigners […]
Lloyd George’s grandson to speak at Kettner Lunch
Owen Lloyd George, the 3rd Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor and grandson of Liberal prime minister David Lloyd George, has agreed to speak at a meeting of the Kettner Lunch to be held at the National Liberal Club on 15 April 2008. His subject will of course be his famous grandfather and apparently will draw […]
