THE PEOPLE AND THE PARTY' MACHINES
SIR,—The letter from the Dean of St. Paul's on the future of Coalition Government voices what has been in the mind of many thoughtful people in recent months. But does the Dean of St. Paul's fully recognise' the implications of his appeal for a continuance of National Government? Since he is willing to grant that Coalition Government makes for strength, one would have imagined he would have taken the logical step and supported the abolition of Party Government as a regime•, but it appears that such a move does•not attract him. 'What the Dean of St. Paul's wants to do is to be allowed to vote for a Government representing the nation rather than a mere section of it, while retaining within itself the o'd divisions. Many of us, however, wonder whether the retention of political groups is really beneficial or conducive to a strong national policy, and, though disfranchised along with the many thousands of other non-party Englishmen, we are nevertheless confident that the success of four years' Coalition will lead men—including the Dean of St. Paul's— to forow the idea to its conclusion and achieve one day a National Assembly, each separate member of which is a true spokesman of the nation as a whole.—Yours obediently, MICHAEL GARDNER. " Lyndhurst," 7ordans, Beaconsfield, Bucks.
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