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The article discusses the history of the two-party political system in Great Britain. According to the author, the two-party politics was introduced in reaction to the political controversy brought by the British General Election in February 1974. Since 1945, two-part politics became a normal practice in the country.

A reprint of the article "The Choice Before the Labour Party" by R. H. Tawney, which appeared in the July 1932 issue, is presented. Topics include reasons for the 1931 election defeat of the British Labour Party, the relation of the party to capitalism and socialism, and the need of the party for a clear programme.

A reprint of the article "Meditation on Abyssinia" by Leonard Woolf, which appeared in the January 1936 issue, is presented. It discusses the conflict between Italy and the League of Nations regarding the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) under Italian dictator Signor Benito Mussolini. Topics include the opposition of socialism to fascism, British foreign policy in relation to war and peace, and the relation of the League of Nations to aggression by the Japanese military in Manchuria.

The article discusses the British government under the Labour Party during the mid 1960s. An overview of the Labour Party's history from the early 20th century through the 1960s is provided. The role that the Labour Party politician Harold Wilson plays in regard to the Labour Party's electoral support is discussed. The relationship between the political philosophy of the British Conservative Party and the Labour Party, including in regard to socialism and their philosophy on the role that government should play in the economy, is also discussed.

The article discusses the relationship between Great Britain's national interest and its foreign policy during the mid 1960s. British military relations with other countries, including in regard to nuclear weapons, nuclear deterrence and its military presence in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, are discussed. An overview of the United States' foreign policy towards Europe, including in regard to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and with the French President Charles de Gaulle, is provided.

The article discusses the power held by Great Britain's Parliament in regard to public expenditures and taxation during the 1960s. The role that the British Parliament plays in regard to the country's budget, including budget deficits and surpluses, is discussed. An overview of the several parliamentary committees involved in creating British economic policy, including the Select Committee on Economic Affairs, the Estimates Committee, the Standing Committee and the Plowden Committee, is provided.

The article discusses the prospect for Great Britain's entry into the European Community as of the mid 1960s. An overview of the quantity of British civil servants that would be employed, should Great Britain enter the European Community, is provided. The relationship between the French government and the European Community, including the former's desire to prevent Great Britain from joining the Community, is discussed. An overview of the official languages spoken in the European Community is also provided.

The article discusses the British government's economic policy which is referred to mixed enterprise, or a mixed economy, as of October 1967. The role the British Labour Party, including its National Executive Committee, plays in creating mixed enterprises is discussed. The British government's policy towards industry, including its shares in the Anglo-Persian (later renamed the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company) creation of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation to develop industry, is also discussed.

The article discusses the British government's 1967 report on the status of the country's primary education system, which is known as the Plowden Report. An overview of British school teachers, including teachers' salaries and the quantity of teachers needed in relation to the number of students, is provided. The role that the British government plays in financing primary school education, including the cost of educating students annually, is discussed. An overview of the training of primary school teachers, including the costs involved, is also provided.

The article discusses the Great Britain's Liberal Party's political philosophy as of July 1962, including in regard to British citizens' participation in government, the decentralization, or devolution, of government and the Party's perspective on public welfare. An overview of the Liberal Party's philosophy on international relations, pensions, defence policy, social security, social policy, relations between industrial management and employees, economic policy, national income and currency policy, is provided.

The article discusses the status of Great Britain's Liberal Party as of July 1962. An overview of putative lack of support that the Liberal Party receives from the middle class is provided. The support for the Conservative Party and the Labour Party in general elections, including the relationship between the identity of the working class and the political support received by the Labour Party and the relationship between the country's material prosperity and the support for the Conservative Party during the late 1950s, is discussed.

The article discusses the support in Great Britain for the Liberal Party from the 1920s through 1962, including the support that the party receives in British elections. The British political parties the Conservative Party (which is also referred to as the Tory party) and the Labour Party are discussed. An overview of British voters, including the role that religion plays in their political activity, middle-aged women's support for the Liberal Party and the putative of lack of support among white-collar workers for the Labour Party, is provided. The relationship between social class and politics is also discussed.

The article discusses the putatively minor political parties in Great Britain from the 1930s through July 1962, including the British Communist Party, the National Socialist Party, the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and the Independent Labour Party (ILP). An overview the political persuasion of British political parties, including the left-wing Socialist Labour League, is provided. The role that anarchists play in British politics, including the Freedom Group of anarchists' collaboration with the ILP, is discussed. The support that minor parties of Great Britain garner in elections is also discussed. An overview of the role that pressure-groups play within British political parties is also provided.

The article discusses the middle class of Great Britain's putative discontent with the country's political parties, particularly with the British Labour Party, as of July 1962. An overview of the British middle class' political activity from 1947 through 1962, including the author's opinion that the middle class may support the British Conservative Party or the Liberal Party in Great Britain's 1962 General Elections, is provided. The economic aspects of the British middle class' political activity are discussed.

This article presents the third in a series of lectures to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Royal Institute of Public Administration in Great Britain. The author intends to look forward and to consider some aspects of the fundamental change which the system of public administration is about to face. Three aspects of British entry into Europe are discussed: the nature of the Communities which the country will be joining; the ways in which entry could affect the shape and the substance of British public administration; and the contribution in men and ideas which the country can make to the administration of the communities. It has always been the aim that greater economic cohesion will lead to greater political unity in the long term. Finally, the author foresee considerable benefits to Europe from the fact that for Great Britain, administration has been and is essentially a pragmatic affair.