
The Napoleon of Fleet Street
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Northcliff and the War in the North Sea
He was denounced in the house of commons on a regular basis by very brave m ps, frankly. It didn't actually make that much difference with regard to what he said about them. Even people who who were really serious and substantial politicians, like winston churchill and lord curzon and others, would pay court to northcliff. They would come down to his beautiful tudor house ina in surrey,. And they would er they would, you know, treat him in a hugely respectful way. Of course, as a result, he was accused of being a warmonger and and blamed for the outbreak of the first world war by a lot of people. But i take
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