Excerpt from Unpopular Opinions: A Diary of Political Protest "It is perfectly true that we have changed our n nids more than once during the past three years, and we may change them again. Our difficulties lie in our attempts to convince the mediawalists amongst us (laughter) that the world has also changed." - The Lord Chancellor, in the debate on the ratification of the Treaty with the "Irish Free State," December 16th, 1921. This passage provides a timely text for an introduction by which it may be convenient to prepare the reader for what sort of "unpopular opinions" he will find in this book. He will soon discover for himself that in the pages that follow there is a progressive disillusion concerning contemporary politicians in general, and the Coalition Ministry in particular; and that I have been at no great pains to conceal a lack of profound respect for all of them. That lack, however, is mainly due to the evidence they themselves supply (in the events herein chronicled and commented upon) that their policy, good or bad, right or wrong, and on this matter or on that, rests on no coherent set of principles. And the Lord Chancellor saves me, by his implications and admissions, the fatigue of further proof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.