THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY.
"It is highly disturbing to find the party in the lethargic, indifferent and passive condition it is in to-day. Admittedly, the Labour Party could not have expected to win many of the contests in the present series of by-eleetions ... but failure to win a Conservative stronghold is one thing, and a steady decline of the Labour vote behreen the general election in 1935 and to-day is another thing altogether. Apologists of the party can claim — as they do— -that in at least one-third of the by-elections that have taken place since 1935' the Labour vote was increased, and, indeed, seats were won or retained for the party. That is perfectly true, hut it is also true, unfortunately, that the net result of the post-election series of byelections has been a fall of many thousands in the hggregate Labour vote — and the decline has heen a marked' feature of the by-elections in tho present year." — Mr John Marchhank, general secretary pf the British National XJnion of Railwayuien. •
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 205, 15 September 1937, Page 4
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170THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 205, 15 September 1937, Page 4
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