There has been a great deal of discussion in the
Press about the probability of a General Election in the autumn. The discussion has revolved round a leading article in the Times which called upon the Government to frame a new policy, including such items as a general clearing-out of the Civil Services and the dismissal of " pas- sengers " from the Government. We cannot dispute either the probability or the desirability of a General Election in the near future. It is a comparatively small matter that the House of Commons is stale ; what really mutters is that it would not be easily defensible to hold by-elections on the old register when once a new and enormously expanded register has been completed. The new register is approaching completion, and it cannot of course be brought into force except by a General Election.
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