St,—Mr. Simpson has been afflicted by the wishful thinking complex
of the Conservative Party into imagining that, in the absence of a Liberal candidate, Liberal voters would all vote for the Conservative. Actually, out of every five, two would probably vote Labour, one would vote Conservative, two would abstain, and the Labour Party would be the net gainer. As a Liberal who, two months ago, would have voted Labour but would today abstain, I must remind Mr. Simpson that the main need is not the negative one of getting the Socialists out, but the positive one of producing a constructive alternative to the Socialist policy. Just what is this Conservative policy for which we Liberals are to commit
hara-kiri? Is it anything like the Btildwin-flia berlain policy of the inter-war years? Is it the Industrial Charter? Or Design for Freedom?—
Reform Club, S.W.1.
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