WE REPRESENT THE MAJORITY VIEW NOW

In by-election messages to the Conservative candidates in Workington, Walsall North, and Newcastle Central, Mrs. Thatcher has said that the electors in those constituencies have the chance to demonstrate in the democratic way that they and the nation have no confidence in this Government.

“Labour may still hold a slim over-all majority in the House of Commons, but all the evidence shows that so far as the voters are concerned it is we, the Conservatives, who represent the majority view now.

Increasingly, it is to the aims and objectives of the Conservative Party that the people are turning:

They want firm action to deal with the worst economic crisis since the war—so do we.

They want an end to ever rising prices, high taxation and unemployment—so do we.

They want to be left with more of the money they earn to spend in the way they choose—so do we.

They want business and industry to be free to get on with the job without excessive Government interference—so do we.

They want an end to nationalisation for nationalisation's sake—so do we. [end p1]

They want better standards in education for their children—so do we.

They want the prospect of an end to further large scale immigration—so do we.

A Government under which the pound is devalued by a third, prices go up by 50 per cent, income tax rises on average by nearly £10 a week for every family, unemployment and Government spending double and the nation's borrowing multiplies three fold, is a bad Government.

We are impatient for the chance to get on with the job. Success in these by-elections will hasten that day.