How one bad oyster did for the Liberal party | Letter
Responding to a Pass notes article, Michael Meadowcroft writes on how a bad bivalve changed political history in the early 20th centuryThe article on oysters (The £1 oyster: cut-price shellfish...
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Responding to a Pass notes article, Michael Meadowcroft writes on how a bad bivalve changed political history in the early 20th century The article on oysters ( The £1 oyster: cut-price shellfish is all the rage – but is eating it advisable?, 27 October )( brought to mind the significant role that a single oyster played historically in the decline of the Liberal party. In December 1914, Percy Illingworth, the universally respected Liberal chief whip, ate what turned out to be a bad oyster and died soon after from typhoid, aged only 45. Continue reading...