University politics have no more than a limited interest. It
by no means follows that what Oxford and Cambridge say today the rest of the country will say tomorrow—or at any other time. Still, 423 to 209 at the Cambridge Union in support of a vote of no confidence in the Government does seem to point somewhere. The Oxford Union vote, 40o to 375 against a motion that the return of a Conservative Government would be a disaster to the country, seems to suggest that Oxford is less Right than'Cambridge. But at Oxford Liberals are displaying considerable vigour. Their club has reached the high-water mark of 7o0, and having found myself considerably mixed up with it last week I can bear unreserved testimony to its virility—if that term befits an organisation presided over with marked efficiency by a Somerville student. A pity one can't spot the future Pitts and Peels, or their feminine counterparts, in advance.
jANUS.
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