25 JANUARY 1957, Page 7

A JOURNALIST is wise never to use irony unless he

lays it on thick. Commenting on the fuel shortage, the London Teacher remarked that many of the profession 'will no doubt be forced to use public transport,' and went on, to express the hope that the Government 'will ensure that their favourite servants are not subjected to this indignity for more than a few weeks.' The sarcasm would not, you might think, escape even the most complete dunderhead; but in the Sunday Express Mr. John Gordon solemnly asks: 'What's wrong with teachers living the same life as the rest of us have to live?' Perhaps Mr. Gordon was misled by his iesearcher. . . .