[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The true and inner
reason for the signal triumph of the National Government is that, at long last, the electorate has had the almost unique opportunity of voting on a national and non-party issue. Democracy has justified itself, but in the very act has condemned our party system.
Lack of sincerity has, alas ! been the outstanding characteristic of all parties in the near past. Take, for instance, the " slogan," economy, preached by all and practised by none. Political insincerity generated a sense of helpless and hopeless despair in the minds of many electors and even prompted the wish for a dictator. Now, democracy has dictated its mandate—My country always, my party nowhere. Faithful fulfilment of this mandate will alone justify the existence of the National Government.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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