POLITICAL PLANS IN ENGLAND

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19985, 18 December 1934, Page 9

POLITICAL PLANS IN ENGLAND

MR LLOYD GEORGE IN THE PICTURE

PLANNING TO DOMINATE THE SITUATION

United Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 16. Mr Lloyd George, interviewed following his pronouncement, insisted that he does not desire the support of Liberalism. Socialism, Capitalism, Pacifism, Nazism or any other “ism.” He will simply appeal to all parties to consider broad non-party lines of a series of proposals before the general election. He emphasises that there is nothing revolutionary in his advocacy of a National Control Bank of England, which he always favoured. Britain is the only country where a bank, which is essentially a State Bank, is not controlled by the Government. The “Observer’s” political correspondent says that the fact that Mr Lloyd George first disclosed his plans only to the “Daily Herald” and the “News Chronicle” shows that he hopes to dominate a socialist-radical combination, in which he would hold the balance of power. Mr Lloyd George expects Labour to win. 200 seats at the general election, and he believes his plan will appeal to the unattached electors, who like neither Socialism nor Conservatism and give him a compact group, which will hold the balance between the Government supporters and Labour.