6 DECEMBER 1946, Page 5

The action of the Lord Chamberlain in banning a song

on con- temporary politics and politicians in a forthcoming revue called "Between Ourselves" no doubt in theory raises questions of prin- ciple, but no one but the most impassioned advocate of freedom of speech would wail very loudly at the suppression of the fifth-rate attempt at humour embodied in the lines which two or three papers quoted on Tuesday morning. If the Lord Chamberlain had decided to leave the thing alone the gallery, I should think, could have been counted on to deal with it adequately. We need not feel called on to utter cries of outrage at a wanton violation of the Four Freedoms.