British Election
Sir.—l hold no particular brief ■ for any party in the political dogfights that periodically take place in our democracies. The point I wished to make was that the altruistic idealists which “New Order’’ would have to represent us might justifiably demand the minimum of intelligence from their supporters. In 1950 I asked my member of Parliament whether a simple questionnaire as follows should not be an obligatory qualification for voters to answer before voting: (1) What is the name of the Government in office? (2) What is the name of the Prime Minister? <3) What is the name of your M.P.? This suggestion was prompted by the replies of rustic neighbours in 1945 to inquiries about their political views. The usual one was: “Us’ll vote Labour, ’cos ’tis our party, see, but us’ll still ’ave Mr Churchill as Prime Minister won’t ’m?” My M.P. sadly did not think by proposal was feasible. —Yours, etc., CARACTACUS. September 16, 1959.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29002, 17 September 1959, Page 8
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