3 JANUARY 1969, Page 12

Red revelations

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

Hireling of counter-revolution,

The neo-fascist Bernard Levin, Refused to use his concert ticket—

Sin that for vengeance cries to Heaven.

A fruitless crown was on his head, And in his grip a sceptre barren. When all the high affairs of state Were auctioned by the Earl of Arran.

Of course he sold all that he'd got, But what's not clear is whom he sold to? What were the secrets that he found Or which the nation they were told to?