• The National Government victory in the Weston-super- Mare election
was alwayS expected. But that Mr. Orr- Ewing should have achieved it with a majority of 13,000 surprised even his supporters. Admittedly in 1931 the seat was held by Lord Erskine with a 29,000 majority, but that was on the national tide and in the absence of a Liberal candidate. The really significant fact is that the National Government majority on Friday was twice the size of that of the Conservative candidate in 1929. Fol- lowing on the increased majority in Twickenham in diffi- cult circumstances and the resounding majority for the Government at Monmouth it is clear that for the time being, at any rate, opinion is veering strongly in favour of the National Government. It may well be that the Olympia meeting had something to do with it. It is probable that electors are concerned for the future of democracy and are determined to support the only political combination that appears at • the moment to offer any promise of stability.
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