Description:In this letter to the voters Lampson seeks to establish his credentials as a worthy candidate. Lampson was the Conservative (Unionist) candidate replacing the retiring MP Ernest Meysey-Thompson. Like Thompson he had no connections with Handsworth at all which is probably why he commences the letter with the anecdote about travelling to see Joseph Chamberlain speak. The cause of the demobilised armed forces was still as relevent in 1922 as it had been in the 1918 election. Lampson, as an ex Royal Navy Commander, recognised this and so he pledges to give attention to them. He attacks Socialists as being responsible for some of the country's troubles at the time. His reference to the situation in Russia is clearly intended to warn of what could happen if Socialists have their way. That being said he recognises the growing problems of unemployment, which was the major issue flagged by Socialists at that time. Lampson returns to the subject of the war veterans again and the threatened abolition of the Pensions Ministry. Finally he pledges to represent one and all in the community with equality.