“He can’t see a belt without hitting below
it.”
Margot Asquith, wife of the Prime Minister HH (Herbert Henry)
Asquith, showed she could pack a verbal punch with this memorable jibe about her
husband's successor David Lloyd George (1863-1945). Lloyd George, who led
Britain for much of the First World War, could be sharp-tongued himself, saying
once of rival politician Sir John Simon: “The right honorable and learned
gentleman has twice crossed the floor of the house, each time leaving behind a
trail of slime.”
