Mr. Lloyd George next turned to condemn the iniquities of
our feudal land system, and said that the people had been driven off the land in Scotland to make room for deer and grouse. After observing that this was the hour of "the great inquisition of the people "—a rather unfortunate phrase for the patron of the Land Inquiry—he said he was con- stantly told that this talk was undermining credit, disturb- ing confidence, and ruining trade. But it was not true. People said just the same of his Finance Bill in 1909, and trade had gone on improving ever since. We wish some Christmas fairy would punish Mr. Lloyd George for his foolish rhetoric and false logic by obliging him to try to make a living by tilling the soil in one of those Highland districts which "used to be thronged with people." We venture to say that within a month he would be moving heaven and earth to get a job, however humble, under the Insurance Act.
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