How important were David Lloyd-Georges own actions & activities in explaining the fall of the coalition government in 1922?

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How important were David Lloyd-George's own actions & activities in explaining the fall of the coalition government in 1922?

David Lloyd-George, a liberal MP, entered the wartime coalition in 1915 as the Minister of Munitions. After Herbert Asquith resigned David Lloyd-George became Prime Minister in December 1916. He was known as the man who won the war, and was very well respected at the end of the war. In the 1918 General Election the coalition Conservatives gained 335 seats, whereas the Coalition Liberals had only 133 - Lloyd-George was a "prime minister without a party". The coalition came to fall on 26th October 1922.

David Lloyd-George's actions and activities played an important role in the downfall of the coalition government. One of the most sensational activities of Lloyd-George's was the Honours Scandal. Lloyd-George was accused of selling knighthoods and peerages to untrustworthy and dodgy characters (Sir J.B Robinson, Sir Samuel Waring and Sir Archibald Williamson). Handsome donations to party funds had in the past frequently resulted in the granting of honours - usually after a decent interval had elapsed and providing the donator has good reputations - Lloyd-George had dispensed with such formalities. This angered the