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The suggestion that we ought to profit from the example of America found no support in any quarter. Members feel that a country that has anything from 15 to 20 million unemployed and cannot support them out of State funds is not one that deserves imitation. In spite of these criticisms, however, there was general satisfaction that Mr. Lloyd George intends to enter the battle once again. His dynamic force and the potential voting power that his name carries is regarded as a wholesome stimulant to the National Government to produce a programme of real reconstruction. There are many who would be willing to welcome Mr. Lloyd George into the Government, and though his hepes are centred for the moment on being the controlling voice in a Labour Government after the election, the possibility of his joining Mr. Baldwin is not one that can be ruled out of consideration.
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