Budget Protest League Budget Protest League The Budget Protest League was a British pressure group formed in June 1909 and led by Walter Long to oppose David Lloyd George's "People's Budget" outside of Parliament. The League attacked the Budget's Finance (1909-10) Act 1910 as Socialist because of its income tax rises, increased death duties, and a land value tax in order to redistribute this to old age pensions. It was not linked to tariff reform. It produced posters outlining its opposition to Lloyd George and the Budget. In a letter to "The Times" announcing the formation of the Budget Protest League, Long said:
George Lloyd-Jacob George Lloyd-Jacob Hon. Sir George Harold Lloyd-Jacob (1 October 1897 – 5 December 1969) was a British High Court judge who was notable for his work in patent law. In 1950, he was appointed to the Chancery Division and became the first judge to specialise in patents. Lloyd-Jacob was born in Wood Green, Middlesex, one of 10 children born to John Lloyd-Jacob and Jane Catherine Park. He was educated at Southgate School, Christ Church, Oxford and King's College, London. In the First World War, he saw service with the Royal Flying Corps and served in the Royal Air Force from