LACK OF PATRIOTISM
LOWERING OF TONE IN POLITICAL LIFE. M.P.’S COMMENTS OH RECENT CAMPAIGN. By IVdeigTaph—‘Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 11, 9.15 a.m ) I/ONDON. December 10. Mr Austin Hopkinson, a member of the House of Commons, speaking at Ashton-under-Lyne, said that politicians in Britain had reached a depth of degradation so far unknown even in the rotten borough days. There had been a distinct, lowering of tone in the political life of each of the last four Parliaments. One could see the reason in the midst- of the recent campaign, in which the amount- of King, slander and the utter lack of patriotism or real love for the welfare of the people baffled description. “ I have given my blood, money, and services absolutely and whole-heartedly to mj country,” lie said, “but the degree ol hatred and malice even close to my home is a horror and a. disgust to ni€ as each election comes. Unless the young men and women of Britain insist upon truth, honesty and patriotism in politics Heaven help the eo«ntrv.’ :
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17220, 11 December 1923, Page 1
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