Also on this page is the “fearless, outspoken, useful, and stimulating address” delivered by David Lloyd George in Paris. For once the use of the superlative – “one of the most remarkable speeches the nations at war have yet heard” is not hyperbole, as the Prime Minister is remarkably critical of the governance of the war to date in front of his Allies whilst explaining why at this juncture the new war council has been set up, especially as he had been part of this governance overseeing “disasters and blunders."