Next month the people of the United Kingdom will be voting in a general election, and shortly the seemingly interminable political speeches and debates on radio and television will be under way. If the Labour Party succeeds in its attempt to increase the slender majority of seats in the House of Commons that it won at the last election, it will be introducing radical new measures, including widespread nationalisation of private industry, in an effort to rescue Britain from threatening economic problems. The Conservatives, the main opposition party, will be hoping to convince the nation of the need for encouraging private enterprise; they have hopes, if the people unite under a Conservative government, of overcoming such evils as inflation, food shortages, fuel crises and a possible world - wide slump. The Liberal party will be trying to persuade the voters that Britain can achieve economic stability and industrial prosperity only under Liberal leadership. Meanwhile the Scottish and Welsh Nationalists may be urging the citizens of Scotland and Wales to vote for their complete independence from England and the parliament at Westminster.