The ban of the B.B.C. on controversial subjects was no
doubt very inconvenient, but its disappearance has proved the difficulty of regulating controversy. All the political parties want political speeches to be broadcast during the General Election campaign of next year, but it seems impossible to reach an agreed plan. The organizers of the Unionist Party think that the right and just scheme is for the Government to be represented by one speech to each speech from an Opposition point of view. The Liberal and Labour newspapers are denounc- ing this proposal as monstrous. According to them every Unionist speech should be matched by a Liberal speech and a Labour speech. They seem to think that every argument of arithmetic, logic and justice is on their side. And yet the Unionists are obstinate enough to remember that the Liberal Party is now a handful, and to adhere to their opinion that it would not be really fair for every speech on behalf of the Government to be countered by two Opposition speeches.
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