{"id":79,"date":"2019-11-11T11:57:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T11:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jomec.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/?p=79"},"modified":"2020-01-30T12:57:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T12:57:56","slug":"who-was-david-lloyd-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/who-was-david-lloyd-george\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was David Lloyd George?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/dav-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Statue of David Lloyd George<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Many tourists stop each day in front of Cardiff&#8217;s National Museum to look at the David Lloyd George statue.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monument was designed by  Michael Rizzello in 1960 and it represents David Lloyd George. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statesman is a key figure for Welsh nationalism, since he was the first, and so far only, Prime Minister from Wales.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being born in Manchester on  17 January 1863, he was raised in Wales and  was elected Liberal member of parliament for Caernarvon.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He became Prime Minister in 1916 and remained in this position until 1922, when he had to resign because he  was involved in a&nbsp;scandal about the selling of knighthoods and peerages.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Lloyd George played an essential role in Welsh and British politics: he campaigned for the introduction of old age pensions and the national insurance scheme.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I spoke about the statue to Charlotte, an International Journalism student at Cardiff University .  Here is what she had to say:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"David Lloyd George by CardiffJomec\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F702829708&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1200&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"David Lloyd George by CardiffJomec\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F702829708&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=1200&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption>Interview with Charlotte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many tourists stop each day in front of Cardiff&#8217;s National Museum to look at the David Lloyd George statue. 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