Bridget Fox on Lloyd George, Pensions and contemporary politics
Bridget Fox is the Liberal Democrat prospective parliamentary candidate for Islington South & Finsbury where she has a real chance of unseating Labour MP Emily Thornberry at the next election. In 2005 Thornberry’s majority was just 484 votes, with the Tories out of contention on less than 15% of the poll.
Bridget has written an article […]
Friends of the Lloyd George Museum/Cyfeillion Amgueddfa Lloyd George – Rhaglen 2008-2009 Programme
The Friends of the Lloyd George Museum exist to promote the interests of the Lloyd George museum in Llanystumdwy by:
*providing support and assistance for the Museum and its educational use
*organising and publicising lectures and other events
*raising funds
*assisting with new developments
*providing funds for purchasing suitable items for display and research
The Friends have recently published details of […]
More about the Pensions Act as An Post about to unveil their new stamp
An article by Ronan O’Brien in today’s Irish Times gives some more background to the introduction of the 1908 Pensions Act by the Liberal government of H H Asquith. However O’Brien rightly makes the point that many politicians of different parties supported the idea of the state pension and gives credit to the former Liberal […]
Cabinet meets outside London – Lloyd George connection
When Gordon Brown’s Cabinet met in Birmingham on 8 September it was widely reported that this was for the first time since 1921, when Lloyd George was still prime minister. A report in Tuesday’s Times newspaper has thrown doubt on that claim but contains some interesting background to the 1921 meeting in Inverness, called as […]
Ireland to issue Pensions postage stamp
The Press Association has today reported that the Postal Service in the Republic of Ireland, An Post, is to issue a commemorative stamp in September to mark the 100th anniversary of the old age pension.
The introduction of the Old Age Pension in Ireland came in 1908 because at that time it was still part of […]
Lloyd George earldom – new light thrown by recent article
Historians and followers of Lloyd George’s career alike have often wondered what provoked the Welsh Wizard to accept a peerage towards the end of his life, a life in which LG had often battled against the House of Lords. In the 1930s, LG had criticised public figures like Ernest Bevin who was tipped for a […]
Ffion Hague’s ‘The Pain and the Privilege’ – book signing details
A small replica of the statue of David Lloyd George which was unveiled in Parliament Square, Westminster last year has been donated to the Lloyd George Museum in his home village of Llanystumdwy and as from 12 August 2008 will be on permanent display there.
The bronze sculpture, or maquette, is one foot high. It was […]
100 years of the state pension – thanks to Lloyd George
The press has featured a number of articles this week to commemorate the 100th anniversary last week of the introduction of the state pension in 1908. David Lloyd George was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time; the making of ‘that provision for the aged which compassion demands..’ as Winston Churchill described it in March […]
Do want to own a piece of Lloyd George history?
If you would like to be the owner of a unique piece of political memorabilia associated with David Lloyd George, you will have to attend the auction rooms at Welshpool Town Hall next month, when you will have a chance to bid for a George III drop leaf bureau made in oak which is being […]
Ffion Hague talks about her Lloyd George book
Ffion Hague has been talking about her book on David Lloyd George and the women in his life, The Pain and the Privilege, at the Buxton Festival in Derbyshire.
Among the one-liners Mrs Hague produced were “Lloyd George was still pursuing conquests into his late 60s, making Clinton look like an amateur” and “[LG] was the […]
