THE PERPLEXED VOTER
Stn,—Mr. Day complains that you have given no guidance to the wavering middle voter. His own solution is far from helpful. In this country, rightly or wrongly, we prefer a two-party system. We divide on an issue (using that word in its legal sense: the point of fact in dispute). Most people have decided that the issue of the moment is Socialism. The Liberal Party must accept this ; to ignore it is not only to engage in a hopeless attempt to frustrate the will of the people, but political suicide for their party. Both dangers can be evaded by an election agreement with the Conservatives to avoid splitting the anti-Socialist vote. Their decision to accept such an understanding will solve the problem of the middle voter who is not embarrassed by loyalty to the Liberal Party.
If, however, Mr. Day and his .Liberal friends really believe that Conservatives are a pack of lunatics about to pursue a policy which will lead to industrial unrest, that risk is, for them, the dominating issue. Their election understanding should be with the Socialist Party. The middle voter will be then still free to select the issue he chooses.—Yours
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