Mr. Nigel Nicolson is very much to be congratulated on
his selection as Conservative candidate for Bournemouth East (out of, I believe, about 800 would-be candidates), for it means that, failing- a political revolution, he will in a few weeks find himself a Member of Parliament for life. That Bournemouth, either East or West (the latter division represented by Lord Cran- borne) should ever return anyone but a Conservative is unbelievable, and as long as Mr. Nicolson wants to stand he is safe to be elected and re-elected. Therein he is more fortunate than Lord Cranborne, who in the course of nature may be forced out of Bournemouth into the House of Lords. Having said all this, let me add that Bournemouth East is quite as much to be congratulated as its new candidate. Mr. Nicolson is able, agreeable, conscientious, hardworking. And even if Mr. Harold Nicolson does ever accept a peerage the future Member can stay put, for he is a second, not an elder, son.
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