An Electioneering Gambit
Sta.—1 suggest that a great deal too much attention has been paid to Mr. Herbert Morrison's political bluff. It is sheer nonsense to suggcs( that the expenses of a firm or company incurred in their propaganda against the nationalisation of their industry can be debited against the election expenses of any candidate for Parliament, or against any candi- date whose speeches indicate that he is an opponent of nationalisation, The Attorney-General's explanations have left the matter entirely vague, and the whole object appears to me to be an attempt to intiml• date candidates from going the whole, hog against the Government's programme of further nationalisation.
This attempt is entirely unworthy, inasmuch as it is obviously an endeavour to limit the legitimate freedom of those who run large busi- nesses, and to curtail the freedom of speech of candidates for Parliament.
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