BRITISH POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1930, Page 6

BRITISH POLITICS.

BRITAIN’S PROBLEMS,

LLOYD GEORGE’S HELP

(United Press Association—By Electric . Telegraph.—Copyright.)

LONDON, Oct. 30.

In the House of Commons, Mr Lloyd Geolrgie resuming the ' debate on the Address in Reply, said that Mr Baldwin certainly had no right to complain of Mr MacDonald adopting the same attitude towards food taxes which Mr Baldwin himself took up last year. He said the legislative menu of this session seemed to lack vitamins. Turning to electoral reform, he pointed out that at the last election Labour won a seat for every thirty-four thousand votes, and the Liberals won one for every ninety thousand votes. Every decent right minded (man must admit that this was a wrong, which must he remedied. The Government proposals affecting unemployment, he said, seemed funny and pale and ricketty. He was afraid that when the Government went out, it would be said that it died of pernicious anaemia. Mr MacDonald should put more drive into .the schemes for dealing with unemployment, and should devote less time 'to " other things. Unemployment should he. treated as a matter of national urgency.

CONSERVATIVE SPLIT

RUGBY, Oct. 29

A statement was published in the press to-day, purporting to be signed by forty-four Conservative, members of Parliament, who, it was stated, attended a protest'meeting and demanded a change in the leadership of the Conservative Party. Disowned by several allaged signatories the document wrfs addressed to Chief Conservative Whip, Sir Eyres Monsell, who has issued the following statement this morning: “I have received strong from, some Members of Parliament whose names have appeared as signatories, but who were not even present at the meeting. These members naturally resent having had their names publicly connected with the meeting, tlie report of which, I under, stand, was inaccurate and unauthorised.” Later; in' 'the afternoon Air -Stanley Baldwin, Leader of the Conservative .P&rty, received : disclaimers from several other , members whose names appear as signatories. ... LONDON, Oct. 30, Between six and seven hundred persons are expected to attend to-day’s Conservative Party meeting, when the Party leadership may l>e the subject of a secret ballot. The “Morning Post” describes the revolt as “dirty work at the crossroads.” LONDON, October 29. In the Commons the Conservatives tabled aii Amendment to the Addressin. Reply regretting tli failure of the Government to propose any measure adequate to deal, with-the crisis in industrial, agriculture and commercial sutuation or to check the continuing growth of unemployment. The debate begins on Monday.