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...Ramsay MacDonald, defeated in the House of Commons by a vote of 282 to 249, seemed to be clinging to his office by the tips of his long sensitive fingers. Another vote last week enabled him to scramble back to at least an elbow-hold on the Prime Ministry. Scot MacDonald dodged resigning fortnight ago because his defeat in Parliament "did not concern a vital issue." Conservatives, thirsting for his blood, vowed that they would defeat him on a vital issue, namely the Trades Union Disputes Bill...
...amendment to the act of 1927, which (in reaction to the general strike of 1926) declared any strike or lockout illegal if intended to coerce the Government or intimidate the community. This obviously might be interpreted to make any sympathetic strike illegal. The new bill, personally backed by Scot MacDonald, would make strikes illegal only when their "primary object" was to intimidate the community or coerce the Government...
...Scot MacDonald cleared his dry throat. "Really, I am rather surprised," he said, "but since no vital principle was involved [in the vote] the Government will proceed" (i. e. would not resign...
...issue on which the Cabinet was defeated last week was an amendment to the school attendance bill. Twenty-six Laborites bolted their party to vote for it. With this gaping split in his ranks Scot MacDonald is clinging by his fingertips to the crackling rim of Doom...
Unimpressed, Scot MacDonald wrote to Sir Hilton last week that he will take no action, declared...