12 JULY 1968, page 2

What Kind Of Miracle ?

`Britain is on the way to an economic miracle' —that, according to the Coud of Downing Street, is now an 'objective' assessment of our present situation. There is no doubt a......

The General Strikes Back

Those who imagined that with the election of an unassailable Gaullist majority the post-de Gaulle era had begun and that the General himself would soon withdraw in favour of the......

Portrait Of The Week

President de Gaulle dismissed M Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France since 1962 and victor of last month's general election. M Couve de Murville, M Pompidou's successor,......