2110-5-9-19

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Sept: 28: 31

My own little darling

I got up [comfortably?] to London & left the book at the London Library. I fear that things are going badly in politics. Ramsay is shying off the election principally I understand because of the excessive Tariff demands which are being made by our Die-hards. The same Die-hards want an election fought on party lines, which is unthinkable. He is going to make the final announcement in the House on Wednesday, & Heaven knows what it will

be.

I have just had a long talk with Oliver Stanley, & we are [greatly perturbed].

There is another curious development. A large section of Labour, led by old Dunnico, are prepared to join us on the Tariffs if we drop the 10% cut in the scale of employment benefit.

Altogether we live in the midst of alarms - just the kind of troubled waters in which L-G. likes to fish!

More to-morrow. Much love

[from John]