In one passage of his Blackpool speech last Saturday Mr.
Churchill slipped on to rather dangerous ground. " Even the six votes of their (The Government's) majority," he said, " would not be theirs—on the contrary there would be six the other way—if Mr. Morrison had not thought of destroying University representation." The plain implication here is that if University representation had survived the Univer- sities would have returned twelve Conservative—or at any rate twelve anti-Labour—Members to this Parliament. There can be no kind. of warrant for that assumption. In the last House five University members labelled themselves Inde- pendent (and some genuinely were), five Conservative, one National and one Liberal. No one, not even Mr. Churchill, can say What party University Members returned in February, if there had been any, would have supported ; but to assume that such Members would necessarily be of one party colour would be to cut the principle of University represent- ation at the mot. .
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