Parliamentary Problems
FOR entertainment value, I would back W.S. Gilbert’s version of the House of Lords in Jolanthe against our own Parliament any day; although this is a point that may well be questioned. In any case I imagine 3ZB’s choice of this particular opera on a recent Sunday afternoon was not at all for the purpose of contrast and comparison. But it may be comforting for listeners to reflect that the particular problems confronting Gilbert’s Parliament are ones that would not in the ordinary course of events bother our own Members: Take Strephon’s predicament, for instance; he is a fairy down to the waist, but has mortal legs: "You see, down to the waist, I’m a Tory of the most determined description, but my legs are a couple of confounded Radicals, and, on a division, they’d be sure to take me to the wrong lobby." This is a difficult situation for any M.P., but the. Fairy Queen, with remarkable political intelligence for a woman, decides that Strephon shall be returned as a Liberal-Unionist. She herself will take: care of the offending legs. Would that all our political problems were solved as neatly!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 426, 22 August 1947, Page 8
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193Parliamentary Problems New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 426, 22 August 1947, Page 8
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