NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 18 November 1923

18 NOVEMBER 1923

David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, opened his campaign in the election when he spoke at Northampton in support of the candidature of Mr. McCurdy. He mentioned that the victory of the last Government was the victory of the extreme men of their own party.

Stanley Baldwin, in his manifesto for the General Election, said that his fiscal proposals included plans to raise revenue by methods less unfair to our home production, to give assistance to industries which are suffering from unfair foreign competition and to give trade preference to Empire countries.