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I see that Mr. Lloyd George last night confessed that he read the…

Quote byRamsay MacDonald · 1866–1937

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in Madeley in the Wreckin Division in response to the Liberal Party's "Orange Book", We can Conquer Unemployment (27 March 1929), quoted in The Times (28 March 1929), p. 16.

English (original)

I see that Mr. Lloyd George last night confessed that he read the betting news in the papers. (Laughter.) Ah! I shake my head at the Rake's Progress. (Laughter.) ... The only Liberal contribution to the programme advocated by Mr. Lloyd George is its headline... It is just a certain amount of improvised jazz—that is their programme.

— Ramsay MacDonald

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