Next month the people of the United Kingdom will
be voting in a general election, and shortly the
seemingly interminable political speeches and debates
on radio and television will be under way. If the
Labour Party succeeds in its attempt to increase the
slender majority of seats in the House of Commons
that it won at the last election, it will be introducing
radical new measures, including widespread national-
isation of private industry, in an effort to rescue
Britain from threatening economic problems. The
Conservatives, the main opposition party, will be
hoping to convince the nation of the need for
encouraging private enterprise; they have hopes,
if the people unite under a Conservative government,
of overcoming such evils as inflation, food shortages.
fuel crises and a possible world-wide slump.
The
Liberal party will be trying to persuade the voters
that Britain can achieve economic stability and
industrial prosperity only under Liberal leadership.
Meanwhile the Scottish and Welsh Nationalists may
be urging the citizens of Scotland and Wales to vote
for their complete independence from England and
the parliament at Westminster.
