2 JULY 1927, Page 5

For our part, we should like to see consultation extended

far beyond the Unionist Party. As we have pointed out in an examination of Mr. Lloyd George's proposals of 1922, there is not nearly so much difference between the Unionists and the Liberals as might be inferred from the clamour of the last few days. The Labour Party, for very natural reasons, wants no change at all. It knows perfectly well that under the present arrangement there is something as nearly resembling Single Chamber Government as the nation is ever likely to accept. This reason, however, does not amount to a democratic argument, and we may pay the Liberals at least the compliment of assuming that they do not regard Mr. Asquith's preamble to the Parliament Act as meaningless.