20 MARCH 1964, Page 11

Tailpiece Four cheers for the decision that Sir Michael Balcon

and his merry men are to run British Lion. The Spectator takes a modest pride in the part it has played in the result. At a celebration party' both Boulting brothers expressed to me their view that it was a victory for democracy. Sad though it 'is to disappoint such a starry-eyed belief, it isn't. But it is a victory for another principle: if you can drag discussion out into the open then (usually) the better case wins.

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