PARTY POLITICS
.[To the Editor .of TIIE SPECTATOR.] Sne,—In the August .28th issue of The Spectator, anus remarks that Englishmen always have been sick of. party
but never sick enough to give them If this is s474 is he quite sure that.it will always remain so ? A National Conservative Member of Parliament has.'recently written to me saying : " I am certainly prepared to do what the majority of the constituents in my Division most desire." Further,-I am informed that 'a considerable number of Memben of the present House.of,Commons have declared, in even more specific terms; their willingness to take their orders from the people, whoin they are elected to represent, instead of frcim the 'party machine as heretofore. . . .
Are there not here grounds for believing that a radiedi change in attitude to our parliamentary system is taking Place ? My own opinion is that democracy will begin:14i become a reality when the people realise' that Members. are eleated to Parliament primarily to :represent them, and when they through these representatives, begin to ask for the•things which they want, instead of voting, as they now do, for one or other party programme, the merits and detherits
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