They understood, with a wider knowledge than Mr.Grayson possessed, that "scenes" alienated sympathy in the House, were not helpful in debate, and were not popular with the electors.
The member who would succeed in the House of Commons must respect the usages of the House, and show himself loyal to its laws of debate.

As long as this respect and loyalty are shown the Labour member is accepted by his fellow-members as one who has been elected to the greatest club in the world, and is justly entitled to all the privileges of membership.

For the British House of Commons is a democratic assembly, and in its collective pride it cares nothing for the opinions or social rank of its members.

All it asks is that the newly-elected member should be alive to the honour of membership, should be modest in his bearing, and should as soon as possible "catch the tone of the House." He may be a labourer, or the son of a belted earl; the House is indifferent so long as his parliamentary manners are good.
The House of Commons is a far more orderly assembly than it was a hundred years ago; it is more sober and less noisy, and the arrival of Labour members has increased rather than diminished its good behaviour.

It is also a far more industrious assembly, and the influence of the Labour party compels an amount of legislation that honourable members would have thought impossible fifty years ago.
WORKING-CLASS LEADERS IN PARLIAMENT Three representative working-class leaders in the House of Commons stand out pre-eminently in contemporary politics--the Right Hon.