The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : Parliament
reassembled for the new session on the day after the Dartford election, and the Labour Opposition looked decidedly mare cheerful than was the case last week. The phenomenal increase in the electorate of this particular constituency makes it impossible to draw any useful comparison with the 1935 figures, and for the same reason it does not follow that Con- servative majorities in other divisions would similarly melt away. Nevertheless, Mrs. Adamson's victory shows that, in spite of the enthusiasm which followed the Munich agree- ment, there is no political landslide. Undoubtedly there are in the country a certain number of Liberals and Labour men who are at the moment reluctant to oppose the Prime Minister. But it would appear both from the Oxford and the Dartford results that these defections are at least offset by the revolt of the Conservative minority. There is now much speculation at Westminster as to the date of the General Election, and there are many prophets who foresee a dissolution early in the new year.
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