28 NOVEMBER 1958, Page 7

A Spectator's Notebook FOUR COLOURS, shiny stiff cover, photogravures and

cartoons, made and printed by Purnell and Sons Ltd. (nothing about `TU all de- partments'; I hope nobody has slipped)—the Labour Party's general policy- statement is out at last, under the title 'The future LABOUR offers YOU.' It certainly is an impres- sive-looking document, though Lord Hailsham's Comment Ca case of glossier than thou') is more long than apt; Transport House posters have tong employed the most up-to-date and attractive designs, being far superior to those of their opponents, so there was no reason to suppose that the pamphlet department would not catch tip sooner or later. Still, what the public Wants to know, if indeed it wants to _know any- thing about the pamphlet at all, is not how much more than the sixpence at which it is priced it cost to produce, but what's in it : in other words, precisely what is this future that LABOUR offers YOU?