Mr. Balfour, Who, We Are Glad To Note, Has Recovered
from his cold, put the case for the Lords with very great ability. As is well known, he is in a very real sense " a House of Commons man," but it was clear that he felt no......
Those Who Are Still Alarmed As To What Is Going
to happen, and who somehow believe that we are on the eve of great revolutionary disturbances, should note what has happened in regard to the so-called financial chaos which we......
As We Have Noted Elsewhere, The Resolution Does Not Even
profess to say that the action of the Lords violates democratic principles or the rights of the people. A pedant might perhaps say that the phrase " a usurpation of the rights......
That Is, Of Course, A Travesty, Though A Very Clever
and ingenious travesty, of the Lords' position. They do not claim for a moment the right to refer normal Finance Bills to the people, or to make their very exceptional action......
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We Cannot, Unfortunately, Find Space To Deal In Detail With
Mr. Asquith's speech in defence of his Motion. Oratorically it was an exceedingly fine effort, and though it lacked that passion of conviction which Mr. Gladstone contrived to......
As We Have Just Pointed Out, There Are Few Signs
of either excitement or indignation in the country. After all, and if one reflects on the matter calmly, it would be somewhat strange if there were. The Peers, like the Commons,......
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T HE crisis, though that is to give rather an exaggerated and excitable name to events which the country has .taken with complete imperturbability, may be said to have begun......
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