23 MARCH 1974, Page 10

Dilemma

With fourteen Liberals to bury me, How can I do a deal with Jeremy, Yet Levin's stern decrees record That Wilson is a naked fraud, While Patrick Cosgrave — yet more

curious—

Says Heath's pretensions are all spurious, Where can we hope to find authority That will command a clear majority? Is it the most probable of prophecies Paisley will get the seals of offices?

Christopher Hollis