Population and Precipitation
Mr C. R. Attlee, as he’s named in The Guardian, the Leader of the Opposition, addressed a Labour women’s rally in Bristol yesterday where he commented, “At considerable expense Mr Butler and his friends have set up an organisation called Independent Television with the purpose of bringing into every home high-powered salesmanship so that all day, or as much of it as they can, they are urging you to spend.”
He continued, “Which voice will be heard loudest: Mr Butler speaking in the City of London to the bankers, or Independent Television speaking all day and telling you all the wonderful things you ought to buy? Why was that done? It was done simply to satisfy a small group of people who wanted to make a profit.” The Times reports this too, providing one extra line of Mr Attlee’s: “The best elements of the Conservative Party were against it too.” (more…)