view—and it follows with inescapable logic from what he has
said to his constituents— then he has surely not gone far enough in the action which he has taken, or proposes to take. He should bring his revolutionary creed out into the open—apply for the Chiltern Hundreds and fight a by-election with the slogan that 'the people' should be 'consulted' on every significant issue which might arise during the lifetime of a Parliament. If re-elected he should devote his energies in Parliament to securing the realisation of this aim, and he should in- fallibly vote against any attempt by Parliament (i.e., in most cases the Government) to impose its will without first obtaining an express man- date from the electorate.
Acting thus he would certainly forfeit any goodwill which is now felt towards him by party managers; but he would have the con- solation of knowing that he was behaving with consistency according to his lights. By his con- duct, so far he has made the worst of both worlds, having sacrificed his conscience and at the same time violated the whole spirit of our Constitution.—Yours faithfully.
47 Lowndes Square, SW I
ALTRINCHAM
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