Surveys of Constituencies
SIR,—YOU very rightly praise The Times and Manchester Guardian for their surveys of the individual constituencies during the election campaign. It may be worth pointing out that regional dailies with less space were zealous to serve their readers in the same way, but were compelled to edition their surveys. The wide range of these efforts was unexampled, but gained no public credit because the general reader never saw all the varied editions of his favourite paper. One hopes there will be less cramping conditions when the next election comes. It is one of the saddest features of newspaper work today that many a piece of supremely good work has to be scrapped _after appearing in some small local Albion Street, Leeds 1. (Editor of the Yorkshire Post)
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