A not very edifying sensation has been caused by the
publi- cation in the Weekly Dispatch of last Sunday of an article by the Lord Chancellor disparaging the political Coalition to which he belongs. Lord Birkenhead says that the result of the Spen Valley election may be expected to give ground for hesitation to those Coalition Liberals who are faltering in their allegiance to the Prime Minister. " They may think that his umbrella is leaky, but they will not fail to observe that its shelter is drier than the shower which is in progress without." Lord Birkenhead falls in with the opinion of Mr. Churchill that as the Labour Party is unfit to govern it must be squarely met and opposed in the political arena. He argues, however, that this task cannot be effectively undertaken except by a single party marching with definite purposes under one banner. His con- clusion is that a National Party ought to be formed for the purpose. He describes the Coalition as " an invertebrate and undefined body." We have written on this subject in one of our leading articles.
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