On other aspects of the case, notably the amazing proces-
sion of self-convicted liars who swore in the box that the detailed evidence they had given those who got up the case for the petitioners was false, we need not dwell. In the words of the Judge, the discrepancy could only be explained by a conspiracy to make false statements for money or a con- spiracy to get people to perjure themselves by denying their statements. It is enough to say that if the law allows candi- dates to gain popularity by gifts to distressed individuals in their constituencies on the scale on which they were distributed in East Nottingham, the sooner the law is altered the better. According to this interpretation of charity, a rich candidate is armed with a weapon which immensely depresses the chances of his poorer rival.
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