human
It's the party meeting, he explained.
gpt
Aren't you going?
human
Not invited, George, I said.
gpt
I'm left out of these pleasant little gatherings. What are they meeting about?
human
To hear a statement from Asquith. There'll be a vote of confidence, I suppose. He's still the leader of the Liberal Party!
gpt
This partisan enthusiasm is new to you,
human
I daresay it is! he cried.
gpt
I was a candid friend in the old '06 parliament, I've voted against them a score of times, but, when I see how they held the country together in the first shock of the war, when I see what they did.... And now to be turned out by a low press conspiracy and a man who owes his political salvation to Asquith, a man who was pulled out of the gutter at the time of the Marconi scandal ... when the whole party nearly split. My God! talk about gratitude in politics!