People's Budget called the People's Budget "a revolutionary concept" because it was the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth equally amongst the British population. It was a key issue of contention between the Liberal government and the Conservative-dominated House of Lords, leading to two general elections in 1910 and the enactment of the Parliament Act 1911. The Budget was introduced in the British Parliament by David Lloyd George on 29 April 1909. Lloyd George argued that the People's Budget would eliminate poverty, and commended it thus: The budget included several proposed tax increases to fund the
Lloyd George Knew My Father (song) song to Tommy Rhys Roberts QC, the son of a former law partner of Lloyd George. According to David Owen, it was a World War I marching song. Lloyd George Knew My Father (song) "Lloyd George Knew My Father" is a 20th-century English schoolboy folk song. The simple lyrics consist of the phrase ""Lloyd George knew my father/Father knew Lloyd George"" sung to the tune "Onward, Christian Soldiers". In the song, the two lines referring to Lloyd George are repeated incessantly, typically by groups of swaying drunks in a pub or similar setting, until boredom or consequences of the drink