BRITISH ELECTIONS

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 299, 22 November 1922, Page 5

BRITISH ELECTIONS

Tfea Maoriland Worker hails with pride and satisfaction the tremendout advance- made by the Britsh Labour Fiarty at the general elections. Despite the predictions of its enemies cabled her© day by day that the Party would "poll poorly" —the wish being father to the thought—the Party has doubled its Parliamentary strength, sprung into tha position of the Official Opposition, and what ia eveen more important, has polled IN THE CONSTITUENCIES a number of votes not very far short of the total cast for the candidates of Mr. Bonar Law. who, his Parliamentary majority notwithstanding, is - actually in a minority of 3,000,000 throughout the country. Particularly gratifying is the election of liamsay Masdonaid, Philip Snowden, and E. D. Morel, and no less pleasurable—-indeed even more so —Is the defeat by the last of these (who was imprisoned during the war) by a 12,000 majority -of Mr. Winston Churchill, the •'te&itiniato gambler" of Gallipoli, and one of the most worthless and dangerous windbags in British politics. That these men wero elected is a proof that the British workers are fast realising .'the humbug and criminality of their wargods. Liberalism got its deserts. Mr. Asqutth deserved extinction from the moment when prior to the war he deliberately lied about the diplomacy that involved us in it, and Mr, Lloyd Oeorga—an unscrupulous demogogue, If ever there was one, whoso acts hjava nearly always belied his words —-s now about to pass inl 0 oblivion with his pleasurably-atteatuated group of. hypocritical -politicians.; And this Is as it -should be.-- For, with political issues tending rapidly to conform with the divisions in our, economic* life —the Haves against the Have-nots —there is room for no party, in any of its variations, that is neifther fish, flesh, fowl nor good red herring. ¥3 congratulate the British* Labour Party on its great success. The work of Keir Hardie Is reaching fruition. The seed sown by despised tod rejected pioneers i 3 being harvested.