BRITISH POLITICS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 February 1931, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS

ALL PARTIES SPLIT UP. [United Press Association—By Electri Telegraph. —L _py right. J LONDON, February 23. The voting in the recent bv-cLctions at East Islington and Earehaiii. by revealing the destitution of the Government's policy, the anhilintion of Liberalism, and the lamentable division in the Conservative camp, has consul consternation at the headquarters of all’ of the parties. The country is facing an unprecedented economic crisis, ami yet no genuine policy to meet the situation can be put forward to the country. owing to the absence of a definite leadership in any direction. Tlie situation is complicated by tile fact that Sir W. Churchill, Mr Lloyd George and Sir Robert Horne are appearing together at the Albert Hall at a mass meeting to protest the weakness of the British policy in India. This is still further weakening the opposition.

Moreover, the liberals and the Socialists have failed to reach an agreement on the vital clauses of the Trades Disputes Bill, so that the Gn\ ermneht is now threatened with a crisis in tile committee stages of this measure this week. Piliilily, Sit Oswald Mosley’s establisiiilifiiit of a new Labour group is weakening the official section of the Labour Party as much its tins disaffection of the Empire Free -Traders Ims weakened the Conservative Party.”