BRITISH POLITICS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 21 November 1923, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

t’KB TRUSS ASSOCIATION -COIWBIGMT LOSDON, November 2i‘. Colenel George Amery opening nis campaign a: .>praKb,ook i,Birmingham >, said lie never noped ro play on a better wicket man he bad to-day. Whateve, bowling came the Government would welcome it. The. present election was tile result, of Mr lionar Law's pledge, but Mr Bonar Law mid always believed that a. fundamental change in fiscal policy was uet-essary. Believing as the,, did that they had a remedy for unemployment, the Government asked the people to allow them to apply the remedy. They did not wish to hang on to office and potter about witn palliatives. Mr Baldwin, in opening the Unionist campaign at Queen’s Hall, said Mi Lloyd George’s speech on Saturday was a. reveision to type. Mr Lloyd George lost the last election because the people ceased to trust him. The only issue, at present was unemployment. His prescription was to keep the home fire.-, burning. The price oi some articles might rise before the readjustment between Home and imported production came, but that was a mere ba t , atehe compared with what we had to face to-day. The Conservatives were a united Party, fighting to win with a large majority to put an end to the possibility ot any form of Coaltion.