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Churchill and Wales
LONDON—In his article “Winston and the Wizard,” John Campbell underrates Winston Churchill’s considerable contributions to social reform. As early as 1908, Churchill conceived the unemployment insurance scheme, which was postponed by Asquith and introduced by Lloyd George, who incorrectly got the credit. Additionally, as Home Secretary in 1910, Churchill embarked on a radical programme to improve markedly the lot of prisoners.
Dai Smith is to be commended for tackling the complexities of the Tonypandy crisis in his article “The Tonypandy Riots, 1910.” His reference to the riots being Churchill’s “nemesis” is, however, perhaps far-fetched. George Isaacs, a senior trades unionist at the time and later chairman of the TUC, said: “Looking back at
