"I thought men like that shot themselves."
"Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government."
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Source: 1924 Of Queen Victoria. Diary entry, 22 Jan, on having invited Ramsay Macdonald to form the first Labour administration.
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