The Archive · 1929

Livingstone, Liberal

Western Isles, that he would not stand again for the constituency owing to his inability to accept Bir. Lloyd' George's statement that can reduce "unemployment in the course of a single year to normal proportions without adding one} penny to the national or local taxation. Mz. Mackenzie' Livingatone! was one of a number of prominent! Liberals who have been most easy about the Lloyd Georxe fu and apprehensive as 1 fits inilusnes disquiet to Mr. Lloyd George, he will not admit if, While dissensions, within the party are bad for it, the greatest drawing British politics to-day. gem: When he is up doubted unq for him and for the Liberal Party a greater publicity than thes had] befor The Communists ure getting busy. Perhaps that is not quite correct, for they always are busy and in this respect sct a great example to Con-Servatives, Liberals, and Labouriites. But they have just decided that they will contest four seats! in Lanarkshire. The divisions they. Intend to fight are Botherwell, Hamilton, Rutherglen "and Coat: bridge. With the Nationalist Party in Scotland determining to fight seats, the coming General Election bids far to becoming historic in more ways than one and it is dif-ult to see how certain seats possi. bly can be represented by members who will possess a majority of the) votes recorded.

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