George is the name of the King. St. George is the patron saint. And St. George's, Westminster, is the Parliamentary constituency in which Buckingham Palace stands. Last week two rival Conservative candidates, a regular and an irregular, contested St. George's in a by-election of the first importance. The real issue, dwarfing both candidates, was the fitness of former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to remain leader of the Conservative Party. St. George's is so utterly Conservative that there was no Liberal, no Laborite candidate.
Enter the Press. Battling...
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