THE PRIVATE M.P. AND THE NATION.
“Every man lias liis own ‘instinctive’ conception of the State, its functions and its organisations. Broadly speaking, their varying conceptions are well enough summed up in the terms Conservative, Liberal, and Labour; and he who honestly applies his mind to th n solution of national problems will visualise those problems through the blue, red, or yellow glass of one of these. No party which seeks to ignore tin’s division and endeavours to exclude these sectional views and found itself upon some vague abstraction of national interest has the smallest prospect of survival or of effective service. . . . . Perhaps something might he achieved if every candidate for Parliament who recognises a personal responsibility to the State and who insists upon his freedom of judgment as a member added to his party definition the words ‘ and Commonwealth.’ The appearance of a body of candidates or members definding their political positions as ‘ Conservative and Commonwealth,’ ‘Liberal and Commonwealth,’ ‘Labour, and Commonwealth,’ as the case may be, would be an event of great significance.”—Mr Alfred Hook, in his book “ The Human Factor.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1929, Page 7
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