There appear only two dates possible for the General Election.
Either the Government following on their reconstruction will go to the country in November, or they will delay their appeal until May or June of next year, which would give them the opportunity of pro- ducing an electioneering Budget. An election in January, which has been freely rumoured, has the disadvantage that it would coincide with the sudden increase by upwards of a quarter of a million in the Unemployment Figures, which always takes place after the fillip of the Christmas trade. Any date between January and May is ruled out owing to the financial business that has of necessity to be carried through during these months. After the disasters of Wavertree the Government hopes of a substantial majority at the election have risen once again ; it is felt that the atmosphere of crisis created by the failure of the Hitler visit will make the electors very reluctant to risk a Labour adminis- tration,
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