"WHAT ABOUT AN ELECTION!"
"Somebody says, 'What about an I election?'•'-' said Sir Joseph Ward last I night.,. "Well,. I tell you. straight out, as far as I am concerned, I am against a general election while we are fighting in [ this war," (Applause.and one or two | groans.) - : , ;■■■ ■ .; A voice: You will go out. ,■•■':. Sir Joseph' Ward (to the interjector):'I don't care tuppence whether I am out; or in. I have been returned all my life for 1 one constituency and; never been beaten. You have never been able t* get into a rathole. (Laughter.)
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 7
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95"WHAT ABOUT AN ELECTION!" Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 50, 27 February 1918, Page 7
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