It is a vile precedent to give away money by remission, and borrow to supply the void; and in the full and chief responsibility for having established this precedent I am involved, not by the budget of February but by the consent of July to the scheme which involved the borrowing.
Morley condemns the practice of borrowing to cover budget shortfalls, highlighting his responsibility in establishing this precedent.
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