“HIS MAJESTY’S OPPOSITION”
• VoUl ’ is=ue 01 this date MrWilford is reported to have said: “He was proud Leader of His Majesty's Opposition in the Dominion to stand on the same platform with the Acting Prime Minister and declare that the party ho represented was loyal to King and Empire. Io one like myself, whose mother tongue, is not English, Mr. AVilford’s remarks read somewhat strangely. If Mr. Milford is oj the same mind as the. Acting Prime Minister and a faithful subject of the King, where does the "Opposition” come in, or in what way he is opposed to His Majesty? Is not this phrase "His Majo-ty’-s Opposition." a meaningless one? I should like Mr. Wilford to explain, if he is, a loyal subject, what sensible reason has he to be a leader—for which lie takes pride—of "His Majesty’s Opposition”? The King is not a politician. Then why the Opposition? Personally .1 want enlightenment.—l am, etc., ’ K. D. M’L. Mtiq 26. [lt. was Air. .1. C. Hobhouse, afterwards Lord Broughton, who first spoke of “Hie Majesty's Opposition” in fhe House, of Commons about a. century ago. Canning accepted the appellation as appropriate.]
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 208, 28 May 1921, Page 7
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