11 AUGUST 1939, Page 3

The Past Session

Our Parliamentary correspondent writes: A very few days will suffice to finish the outstanding work of the session, and an election is not unlikely immediately prior to the municipal elections on November in. Mr. Chamberlain will lead his men to battle confident that his personality as the peace- maker will bring them all back again. The Tories are quite content to ask for a fresh mandate on their leader's record alone. The results of the Brecon and North Cornwall by- elections are discounted : the old-age pension issue is blamed for that, and the Government inquiry on pensions will doubtless have produced results conveniently before nomination day. It is on the Prime Minister that the electors' verdict will be sought and given.