Lloyd George was crooked. He was also manipulated by various crooks. See The Mask Of Merlin for more and better details. Basil Zaharoff, a Greek was one villain and Merchant of Death. Then there was Trebitsch-Lincoln, a Jew was another. The Lloyd George Honours Scandal made life more interesting. Lloyd George brought us the First World War.
Lloyd George Negotiated With Adolf
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On 22nd September 22, 1933, Lloyd George declared in a speech at Barmouth: “If the Powers succeed in overthrowing Nazism in Germany, what would follow? Not a Conservative, Socialist or Liberal regime, but extreme Communism. Surely that could not be their objective. A Communist Germany would be infinitely more formidable than a Communist Russia.”
In September 1936 Lloyd George visited Adolf Hitler in an attempt to persuade him not to stop taking military action in Europe. After his arrival back in Britain he wrote in the Daily Express: "I have now seen the famous German leader and also something of the great change he has effected. Whatever one may think of his methods - and they are certainly not those of a Parliamentary country - there can be no doubt that he has achieved a marvellous transformation in the spirit of the people, in their attitude towards each other, and in their social and economic outlook. One man has accomplished this miracle. He is a born leader of men. A magnetic dynamic personality with a single-minded purpose, a resolute will, and a dauntless heart."Although Lloyd George agreed that Germany had been badly treated after the First World War [ He helped do them down with the Versailles Treaty - Editor ], he was opposed to the British government's policy of appeasement.
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This comes from a left wing source which may very well be factual.
Basil Zaharoff
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Basil was the original Merchant of Death and seriously rich as a result. Little was known of him; much was suspected but not proven. When a man is that important he will get away with things. His hold on Lloyd George is mentioned in Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution and in THE MASK OF MERLIN A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
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An interesting man. He makes one think that democracy is little more than a word.
Contract With Jewry
Explains inter alia how Lloyd George was forced to do their will.
Trebitsch-Lincoln ex Wiki
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Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln (Hungarian: Trebitsch-Lincoln Ignác, German: Ignaz Thimoteus Trebitzsch; 4 April, 1879 - 4 October, 1943) a Hungarian Jewish adventurer who spent parts of his life as a Protestant missionary, Anglican priest, British Member of Parliament for Darlington, German right-wing politician and spy, and Buddhist abbot in China.
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Versatile is the word for him, a fast talking Jew and master manipulator.
#Lloyd George Honours Scandal
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However as we shall see, such opinions did not prevent Lloyd George from later profiting from the sale of such titles. (Any more than they prevented him from eventually accepting his own hereditary peerage as the Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor.).........It might well be argued that the real issue with Lloyd George's grand sale of honours was that there was no quality control exercised over the applicants, as the only criterion that appeared to matter was the ability to pay. Indeed Gregory seems to have specifically targeted wealthy but unscrupulous individuals who wished to buy themselves a little respectability.
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Crooked is the word that springs to mind.
The Liberal Party is best known for
corruption & the Lloyd George Honours
Scandal. What was far more important, Lloyd
George's greatest achievement was getting us into
First World War, which was a major disaster.
PS This source, the only source found is not particularly reliable.
Lloyd George Honours Scandal
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The Liberal politician David Lloyd George had very distinct views on the House of Lords and its members; he once famously quipped that "A fully-equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two dreadnoughts. They are just as great a terror and they last longer."1 and characterised the House of Lords as "five hundred men chosen at random from the ranks of the unemployed"2. Of course these comments were inspired by the fact that, following the election of a Liberal government in 1906, the House of Lords had been cheerfully frustrating many of the cherished reforms of the Liberal Party, a dispute that reached its peak with the clash over the so-called People's budget of 1909.3However as we shall see, such opinions did not prevent Lloyd George from later profiting from the sale of such titles. (Any more than they prevented him from eventually accepting his own hereditary peerage as the Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor.).........
It might well be argued that the real issue with Lloyd George's grand sale of honours was that there was no quality control exercised over the applicants, as the only criterion that appeared to matter was the ability to pay. Indeed Gregory seems to have specifically targeted wealthy but unscrupulous individuals who wished to buy themselves a little respectability. Thus Richard Williamson, a Glasgow bookmaker with a criminal record acquired a CBE, and Rowland Hodge became a baronet in 1921 despite his prior conviction for hoarding food in 1918.......
The crunch came with the announcement of the July 1922 honours list. This included the award of honours to; John Drughorn (convicted in 1915 for trading with the enemy), William Vestey (convicted of tax evasion or not - the Wikipedia admits to tax avoidance - entirely sane), and Joseph Robinson (a South African who had only recently been convicted of a £500,000 share fraud but not according to the Wikipedia). This was too much for King George who complained that "the Robinson case must be regarded as little less than an insult to Crown and to the House of Lords". It was also too much for Fleet Street who despite being the prior recipients of Lloyd George's largesse now turned against him. It didn't help that the Dukes of Sunderland [ non-existent title ] and Northumberland [ sound chap, the Wikipedia doesn't mention any scandal ] (both the targets of Lloyd George's earlier attacks) had got hold of one of Gregory's letters and cheerfully read out the contents in the upper House.
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Crooked is the word that springs to mind.