30 DECEMBER 1938, page 3

This Tendency Of The Modern Elector To Prefer The National

to the local loyalty was strikingly illustrated at West Perth. Not only had the Duchess of Atholl represented the division for 15 years, but she had during the summer months......

It Is Strange That This Increased Submissiveness Should...

so manifest during the last six or seven weeks. The existence of an enormous Government majority might have been expected to loosen rather than draw tighter the bonds of party......

The Centripetal Tendency Of The Conservative Party Is Not Of

course so strong that all defections can be ruled out for the future. However, as the fate of the Duchess has shown, the way of the single transgressor is hard.......

The Law Of Libel Most People Who Have Given Thought

to the English law about slander and libel, as it affects journalists and authors, are agreed upon two conclusions—first, that it opens Much too wide a door to speculative or......

"the Future Of The Empire" Both External Influences And...

developments are, as Mr. Malcolm MacDonald observed recently in a striking speech, rendering the future both of British Dominions and British Crown Colonies far more uncertain......

Our Over-centralised Ports Liverpool Is Making Fresh...

its resources as a port by the resources of a manufacturing centre. And though some features in Liverpool's case are peculiar—the fall in cargo traffic through the cotton slump......

Aspects Of Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...

on the last three months one cannot help being struck by the amazing solidarity of the Conservative Party. There have, of course, been acute differences of opinion within its......

Mr. Harold Nicolson And "the Spectator" The Hon. Harold...

M.P., whose recent series of broadcast talks, entitled "People and Things," attained wide popularity, will as from next week's issue, the first of 1939, contribute a weekly......