DISCREET BUTLERS
Members of tho Labor Party who have been invited to stay at Chequers have found as much amusement in the permanent staff as pleasure in the stately ' acres (writes our correspondent). The butler is a man of great discretion. When asked by the wife of one of the Labor Party’s economists what his personal views _ on matters political might bo, he replied: “I have had several. I now agree with tho views of tho Prime Minister of tho moment.” Tho whole staff takes a paternal interest in_ the Cabinet Ministers for the time being, but clearly regards them with detachment. They are like lodgers in a seaside hotel. They come and go, while Chequers and the Chequers staff go on for ever. Mr MacDonald, however, has made an impression in one respect. Unlike Mr Lloyd George, he gets out of bed early, and he never has a nap after lunch.
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Evening Star, Issue 18690, 19 July 1924, Page 10
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152DISCREET BUTLERS Evening Star, Issue 18690, 19 July 1924, Page 10
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