The Constitution of the' Labour Psuty The draft of the
new Constitution for the Labour Party has been published in readineSs for the Conference of the Party at Brighton. To those Outside the Party the chief points of interest are perhaps the proposal to create a new class of National Associate Member, and the pro- posed new rules for choosing and binding Parliamentary candidates. The new class of _Associate Member is no doubt designed to bring in on easier terms than are available for the ordinary member persons who earn their living by their brains, and who are supposed to have been hovering on the "fringes of the Party, half attracted and half repelled by its 'rigours. Possibly a fly is being cast over dissatisfied Liberals. The new regula- tions for Parliamentary candidates will cause a gasp among those who cherish personal independence..
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