Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast, episode

103, Lost and Loss.

Last time, after Lloyd George stepped down as Prime Minister, Winston was one of the

many incumbents to lose his seat during the following election of November 15, 1922.

Dun D decided to move away from the man who seemed to be able to take on international

issues and make a difference, but at the expense of his district.

He was 47 years old.

The majority of the newspapers had no trouble in kicking Winston on his way down.

The Daily Mail wrote, quote, Mr. Churchill has had as many lives as the proverbial cat,

but the indictment against him is a long one, unquote.

Balancing this out was the daily telegraph, never a Churchill supporter, which, inked, quote,

the House of Commons loses for a time its most brilliant and dazzling speaker.

His is perhaps the most sensational defeat of the whole election, unquote.

Her view of, for a time, was correct of course.

Winston was not a man to be kept down, but the two years he was out of office would be

in his best interest, though he certainly didn't feel that way at the time.

It may have qualified Churchill, which is doubtful, that the vast majority of those that voted

were rejecting members of the current government, that is, except for the conservatives.

The country was ready to give them a chance to run the show once more.

So as things stood now, the Tories had 345 seats, labor 142, which meant they were now

the opposition.

Labor had indeed come a long way, which left Lloyd George's liberals and Asquist liberals

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