BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 239, 15 November 1909, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

BACKING WUtKJNU MEN. By Cable.—Frees Assocla tiuii.-Copyrig'at Loudon, November it. The Standard's fund for sending von* scrvatjve working j;:-h u Ui.- House of Jommons lias reached .i."> 000. LORD BRASSEY (uttsTANT TO THE LIUU'.AI.S. Received Nov. 14. J.J p.m. London, November 18. I. I Urassey, in a letter to tlie Lioc. ' Association, said ln> remains con--i ■'. in the Liberal party, and does no egard the proposals in the Budget i- MiHiilistic. He adds tiliat alarm h*» men created by speeches of an unusuil character. THE HOME RULE CAUSE.

The Daily Mail state*' that Sir. Wiliam Redmond will insist on a definite pledge of Home Rule from Mr. Asquith nt next election; otherwise the Nationalist vote of Britain and Ireland ill be against the Liberals, ''((RECASTING ELECTION RESULTS. The Spectator, forecasting the elcc- | lin:i, is inclined to predict a small majiirii.v either way, but possibly to the I'liiiuist advantage. FINANCIAL PA1 v :!;'S ADVICE.

Received No.. U. 6.5 p.m, 1.0 In i. November 13. Tic newspaper Economist" deprecates the Lords' rejection of the Budget, A DISAFFECTED LIBERAL. London, November 13. The attitude of Sir Robert P"rks toward* the Government is' s.rongly resented by partisans and Press. " [Sir Robert, who is Liberal nn for 'he Louth division ofLincolnshir. lid iot vote for the Budget, and denoui :• I tlie disastrous experiments of socialism foreshadowed in Mr. Lloyd-George'* end Mr. Churchill's speeches.] Sir Robert Perk* vigorously replied, alleging that Mr. Lloyd-George and Mr. Churchill would willingly buy tlie tupport of the Nationalist and Labor member* with Home Rule and further (communistic measures. Tlie result would be cluios. He was opposed to tacking the land clauses and tlie Valuation Bill on to <the Budget.