Mr. Foy (of Course) Has Not

Doug Foy was the second speaker for the affirmative. He argued that the present Government had been elected on two slogans: "Make the £ go further" and "time for a change." in fact the £ could have been said to have gone very much further—away, and even if the people of this country had seen fit to turn out of office the Labour Party after 14 years they were now in a mood to turn out the Nationalists after 19 months. Doug disagreed with Frank about the pledge to maintain Social Security benefits. Although they had not been openly attacked, inflation had greatly diminished their effect. The farmers had got nothing from this party except a 50 per cent, surcharge on their freight and a rise in the price of the Journal of Agriculture by 400 per cent. It was perfectly true that Mr. Holland could do nothing about inflation, and it was equally true that any other capitalist Government anywhere in the world was equally powerless. This was, however, an argument for Socialism.