The Archive · 1936

Broadcast Debates

Indeed it seems possible that only tone step more can be taken to make the people of the United Kingdom completely acquainted with what oes on at St. Stephen's. That is to broadcast' the debates. For many reasons that is impracticable, the chief one of which being that no matter how earnestly a Briton might regard the duties of his citizenship, he would be reluctant to take dull and long-drawn-out debates as a steady diet.

requires no great stretch of times of great crisis the whole of Britain will in fact be present through the wireless, It is conceivable that, days of great occasion, when {historic pronouncements have to be made, the sentiments and opinions {of the nation's legislators will reach the masses even quicker than it is possible at present for the printed word to be disseminated. It is well that this should be so.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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