Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith (January 26, 1878 - December 18, 1941) was a United Kingdom Labour politician who was briefly in the Cabinet in 1931. He was the acting Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (as chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party) from 1940 during the time Clement Attlee was in government. Wikipedia
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