Editing C. P. Scott (section)

===Senior political journalist===
Under his stewardship the ''Guardian'' continued to grow with Lloyd George's influence overseeing its place at the top table. In one such famous interview the new Prime Minister gave his "fight to the finish" speech. Scott was responsible for recruiting the correspondent [[Robert Dell (socialist)|Robert Dell]] whose role in Paris was to communicate on secret negotiations with the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)|Quai D'Orsay]] and ''Bureau Anglais'' in a weekly column called "From Our Correspondent, Paris, Friday". Despite Lloyd George's objection to the reporter's anonymity there remained little chance of compromising their French colleagues in a city already renowned for prostitution. To the contrary, [[Thomas Spring Rice, 3rd Baron Monteagle of Brandon|Thomas Spring Rice]] his friend suggested that it had "a most excellent effect here."<ref>LG to Scott, 23 Oct 1916; Wilson (ed.), p.231</ref> Scott became friendly with [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]], a Liberal, and dined with [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher|Lord Fisher]] but remained essentially anti-Conservative. Nonetheless the War Office acknowledged the utility of civilians as contacts on the ground; Scott's opinion was solicited on anything from the strength of Irish war opinions to whether Churchill should be removed from office.