4 MARCH 1938, Page 3

The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : The

best perfor- mance of the week has been the lively all-star debate on the position of the Foreign Secretary in the House of Lords. The Labour Party continued their performance as the worst tacticians in history. " When you've just been presented with the biggest and best hare of all time," asked one of their sup- porters, privately, " why pull a red herring across its nose even if it's a good herring ? "

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