Lloyd George at 150.

Lloyd George was born 150 years ago today. He was, perhaps, the most outrageously brilliant politician this nation has ever produced. It is possible to admire and loath him in equal measure; it is certainly not possible to ignore him. A library of books has been produced in an attempt to understand him better. Yet in a parliamentary career that began in 1891and stretched until the end of the Second World War there are many Lloyd Georges. His career is often compared to that of Winston Churchill. It was said by someone that if you met Churchill he would make you feel you had just met the most brilliant man the world; but whereas if you met Lloyd George he would make you feel as though you were the most brilliant man in the world.