The Archive · 1928

Rebels Against Party

There are also just now a number of very amusing splits in all the parties, Mr. Maxton and Inv. Wheatley who want "Socialism in our time" and want it "While you wait," are dissatisfied with the evolutionist methods of their tead: ers. The Party did not like to throw them out especially as they and their friend" declined to be We have passed a Totalisator Bil hich most of us believe is. going give mulch Detter odds to the nail punter than ave procurable om the book-maker. The Dag acting Bill is dead since the tugonisn. of opponents and the thy of friends overlaid it until was too Into to help it, The ¢0. Bill got through in the unate week of the session the latest. time on record, ricultural. Credits Act is on ite Book but a little much, desired by: the called the Rabbits Bill was it on by the Lords who saw in it chance of showing their manly dependence, No landowning poor invview without horror a project permit a local authority to enter hia land and yeduee the nuisance uusedl by an excess of habits, Hyde Park Polieg Perhaps most of the interesting sensions came upon topies, which mot need Legislation. In. the at place there is what is known the Hyde Park Case in which ove mixed up questions of morals 1d the attitude of the police to-ards offenders. "An two of the embers of the Committee of inquiry favoured the police pro-ure and only one opposed it, the government had no difficulty in looting an easy Tine of inaction. chubly we shall go on just are, though apparently the Hyda fork police, who after the ai ange of Sir Leo Money and Miss avidge sat tight and did. nothing a month, are now beginning fain to rope in offenders against able decency.

The American proposals for the atlawry of War had maze than on sension but ay the Government 4 ageepted them there is not much to debate, We are now pretty all all prepared for an Interna anal Conference on Disarmament ithout which the Kellogg pro-rials are not worth much.

We then had a discussion—in fact eral diseussions—on unemployent. Every week it is increasing, his hay been productive of more terest than alfhost any other topic rearise there is so much difference opinion as to the remedies. This erence iv most pronounced among.

Conservatives, a very large ction of whom ave in favour of stonding the Safeguarding of adustness Acts to take in iron and eel and in fact anything. The farm Protectionists in the Cabinet Mr, Amery and. Sic William yusen Hicks, the Home Secreta; st Saturday the latter when speahin the South of England ex-thrown, so they ure all carrying 9 with apparent toleration for each others? weaknesses. The Conservative Party Whips have fired Ba: Peto who ix vather an ultra-Conservative but a man of strong per= sonal views, who did not hesitate to oppose the Government when he thought it necessary. He has bee fived all right but he enjoys the sympathy of everybody, even hiv opponents, and his constituency do-clings to regard him as a political black-sheep. Pinally the Liberal Party has ousted Captain "Freddy" Guest of Brintol, so it will be seen that the Whips of all Parties are endeavouring more or less feebly to introduce a purge. Members in general, however, are getting a little tited of being dictated to on all independence of judgment, which all to the good.

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