More British Politics in 1936
There is also a list of miscellanous notes on 'other forces, counter-forces, players and counter-players' in British politics. Some remain true today, some don't, and the first one shows the problems that can occur with long-range demographic forecasts.* The decline in the birth rate, which, according to competent estimates, will reduce the population to thirty-three million by 1985.
* Letters to the Times
* The publishing house of Victor Gollancz
* The father-to-son tradition in british politics
* The rule of thumb
* Economists of various breeds: JM Keynes, Sir Arthur Salter, Sir Josiah Stamp, Sir Walter Layton
* The formidable severity of English Law.
* An ingrained pacifism in the younger men, who dislike their former military titles.
* The Countess of Oxford and Asquity
* Professor Harold J Laski
* The death duties
* The radicalism of Oxford and Cambridge graduates
* The habit of the Archbishop of Canterbury occasionally to write to The Times appealing for public prayer
* The Federation of British Industries
* The pacifism of Canon 'Dick' Sheppard
* The apparent disposition of women to have an Oedipus Comples on their fathers. Women wear mannish clothes, they hunt foxes, they are fierce parliamentarians
* The village pub
* Imperialism, which extends beyond the Empire. Portugal for instance.
* Punch
* The high salaries paid to judges, cabinet ministers and ambassadors.
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