18 JUNE 1942, page 10

Marginal Comment

By HAROLD NICOLSON L AST week's Spectator contained an interesting and opportune letter on the subject of the party system. The argument, if I understood it aright, was that the......

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It is argued, finally, that the purpose of any electoral system to secure that the country is represented in Parliament by " m of high intelligence, integrity and ability to......

Nor Do I Agree That The . Symptoms Specified Are Symptoms

illness. I consider them symptoms of excellent democratic heal It is right that in any grave national crisis, such as war or recon struction, a National Government should be......

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The writer of the letter in question, to my mind, has weakened the force of its argument by using words and phrases the meanings of which are suggestive rather than precise. Any......