 Aitken's opinion of Asquith did not improve when he failed to get a post in the Cabinet reshuffle of May 1915.An attempt by Bonar Law to secure the KCMG for Aitken was also blocked by Asquith.Aitken was happy to play a small part, which he greatly exaggerated, as a go-between when Asquith was forced from office and replaced by David Lloyd George in December 1916.