3 SEPTEMBER 1965, Page 8

Tailpiece Many unpleasant things were said at the last general

election. One appeal was so nauseating that I filed it for future comment. Lord Gardiner, who within the week was Lord Chancellor, said at Brentford on October 13:

What we can truly say is 'if you want more strikes vote Conservative.'

We have now the figures of days lost owing to strikes for January-July 1964 and 1965. The 1965 figure of 2,183,000 is half a million more than in 1964.

Anything to say, m'lud. before sentence is passed?

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