There is a strong opinion that the Jubilee will have
important reactions on our position in Europe. Members one and all bring back remarkable accounts of the extent to which it was celebrated in their constituencies. It was always the poorest districts where there were the most flags and often the gayest courts and squares were thOse where the Socialists were believed to be particularly strong. The most decorated part of Bristol, for instance, was that represented in Parliament by Sir Stafford Cripps, who himself ostentatiously abstained on the vote in the House of Commons for the Jubilee decorations, A protest meeting in Bermondsey where the Mayor has refused to meet the King was attended by 2,000 indignant electors. It all goes to show that the monarchy is, in fact, supported by all parties and any attempt by the Government to " cash in " on the Jubilee celebrations By an immediate appeal to the country, apart from con- siderations of political decency, might well prove a grave miscalculation. •
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