NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 4 December 1923

4 DECEMBER 1923

The Prime Minister delivered the last national speech of his election campaign at Liverpool, emphasising the country’s grave situation, and the momentous nature of the electors’ choice.

Viscount Younger defended the fiscal policy of the Government in a speech at Balfron in support of the candidature of Sir Harry Hope.

Election speeches on the Liberal side were made by Herbert Asquith, David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill.