Conservative Majority over All Parties

Series

Series Name

Daily Sketch Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

586-2

Date Released

20 Nov 1922

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Prince’s Youthful Admirers
2. 2Conservative Majority over All Parties

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Victors and Vanquished. MR BONAR LAW Whose ‘Tranquility’ [sic] Policy has proved triumphant." Close-up of Bonar Law seated in the Cabinet room at 10 Downing Street [from 584-1]. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "MR STANLEY BALDWIN. New Chancellor of the Exchequer - wins at Bewdley". Stanley Baldwin acknowledging acclaim of crowd as he stands in front of a blackboard with the results and his majority. His wife is with him. Close-up of Baldwin (elsewhere). [3RD SUBTITLE]: "MR CHAMBERLAIN: Birmingham still Faithful". [Section missing?]. Large crowd in a Birmingham street. [4TH SUBTITLE]: "MR LLOYD GEORGE. Unopposed at Criccieth". Medium long shot of Lloyd George addressing a crowd. Close shot of him leaning out of a train carriage window with a man on the platform beside him. [Section missing?] [5TH SUBTITLE]: "WOMEN MPs. The only two successful candidates were those who sat in the late Parliament. Lady Astor MP". Close shot of Nancy Astor seated in an open-top car. [6TH SUBTITLE]: "Mrs Wintringham MP". [Section missing]. [7TH SUBTITLE]: "THE OPPOSITION. By right of numbers the Labour Party constitute the Official Opposition - and Mr Clynes may lead from the front Opposition Bench". Close shot of JR Clynes [from 582-2?]. [8TH SUBTITLE]: "MR PATRICK HASTINGS KC (Wallsend). A brilliant young barrister who may yet become Lord Chancellor in a Labour Government". Close shot of Patrick Hastings. [9TH SUBTITLE]: "HOW THEY STAND". Cartoon alongside this title with four figures of descending height representing the four parties, with their number of votes beneath each one. Hence a Conservative man [Law?] with 341, Labour [Clynes?] with 143, Independent Liberal (Asquith) with 64, and National Liberal (Lloyd George) with 54. The cartoon is signed by Ward.

Keywords

Politics and government; Vehicles; Railways

Length of story (in feet)

131

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