Parliament and the Funeral Our Political Correspondent writes ; Many
Members as they streamed away from the memorial service at St. Margaret's on Tuesday were expressing surprise that, in the great funeral procession from Westminster Hall to Paddington, the democratic institutions of the country were not directly represented. It is certainly odd that no place was found in it for the Members of the Cabinet. It is true that they attended the funeral service at Windsor, but they might well have had their part in a procession in which every branch of the fighting services was fully represented. The Prime Minister' should at least have been there, and with him the Leaders of the Opposition parties to express the unity towards the throne that exists behind all our great controversies• on domestic and foreign affairs. So should the Speaker of the House of Commons. He is, after all, the symbol of the might and majesty of the people's will. He is the only man after the King to whom everyone is expected, if he meets him in the street, to take off his hat. Both the Speaker and the Prime Minister took part 'in the Jubilee procession to St. Paul's. Though' there may be excellent reasons why no official position Was assigned to them on Tuesday it would be interesting to know them.
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