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- ↑ "Labour M.P.s' Support Of Mr. Macdonald", The Times, 2 September 1931, p. 14.
- ↑ See his letter in The Times, 31 August 1931, p. 6, which casts doubt on the long-term future of the National Government and prophecies a Labour majority in the event of a snap election.
- ↑ "Lobby Opinion", The Times, 9 September 1931, p. 12.
- ↑ "Political Notes", The Times, 11 September 1931, p. 12.
- ↑ "The Way Of Economy" (letter), The Times, 3 September 1931, p. 11.
- ↑ "Labour Recruit For The Government", The Times, 24 September 1931, p. 9.
- 1 2 "Economy And New Taxes", The Times, 3 September 1931, p. 10.
- ↑ "Cdr. King-Hall to sit as Independent M.P.", The Times, 24 February 1942, p. 2.
- ↑ "Mr. K. Lindsay as Independent", The Times, 29 May 1943, p. 2.
- ↑ "New Cabinet At Work", The Times, 27 August 1931, p. 10.
- ↑ "Parliament To-Morrow", The Times, 7 September 1931, p. 10.
- ↑ "Sir Thomas Rosbotham To Retire", The Times, 12 October 1939, p. 5.
- ↑ "Mr. Snowden's Future", The Times, 29 August 1931, p. 10.
- ↑ Andrew Thorpe, "The British General Election of 1931", Clarendon Press, 1991, p. 95.
- ↑ The Times, 25 September 1931, p. 6.