5 FEBRUARY 1937, Page 3

The debate on the Regency Bill appeared to show that,

in spite of recent events, it is impossible to revive Republicanism as a living issue. Mr. Clyne, whose interventions in debates seem nowadays to be confined to semi-formal occasions, observed as a curious phenomenon that as the Labour Party has grown Republicanism has declined. It is now only useful as a stick with which the I.L.P. can beat their neighbours above the gangway.