17 JANUARY 1969, page 4

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator', 16 January I869—There is a notion in the world that great statesmen's opinions on politics are something more than opinions, whether they be formed on......

Mr Crossman's Pleasure Dome

POLITICAL COMMENTARY AUBERON WAUGH The Labour party, we are constantly told, is in the most terrible mess. At by-elections, the shortage of local workers is so acute that......

Conference Diary

THE COMMONWEALTH JOSEPH CHAPMAN It was, from a British point of view, strictly Mr Callaghan's conference. Every day until Wed- nesday, when Mr Wilson tried as a comeback to......