16 OCTOBER 1959, page 4

The Radical Mood

A LARGE Government majority in the House of Commons—it is often argued—is a bad thing. Is it? Readers of the Spectator will not need to be told that we would have preferred to......

The Shadow Of Iraq

From MICHAEL ADAMS BEIRUT T tit anxieties aroused by the recent attempt to assassinate General Kassem, the unpredict- able Prime Minister of Iraq, have diverted atten- tion from......