THE CORPORATIONS CAN ARGUE, with some justice, that they have
prevailed on the parties to accept great changes : that this General Election is going to be fought with different and much-improved TV coverage than any before; and that the meet- ing with the Whips could, therefore, be con- strued as a sign not of weakness but of strength— in that the Whips have in essentials accepted the corporations' proposals. But this was not what emerged in the accounts of the meeting next day; they gave the impression that the corporations were tamely accepting last-minute party orders. It would have been better if the two corporations had publicly announced a comprehensive election plan in advance, making clear at the time that this was their plan, which the Government would have to amend at its own risk. Both corporations are still much too inclined to take a pride in co-operating with the authorities.
PHAROS
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