3 JANUARY 1941, Page 7

It is said that such a system would encourage the

professional politician and would remove from Parliament the clash of " interests." I disagree. For the first time it would make politics a career open to talent. Previous service in local or, as I hope, regional government, might be made indispensable. This condition, again, would be stoutly contested on the plea that politics is not a profession, but an art.

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