17 MAY 1940, page 3

An Unprecedented Situation Has Been Created In The House Of

Commons. When Mr. Lloyd George became Prime Minister in the last War, Mr. Asquith was at once recognised as Leader of the Opposition. Indeed, this position was specifically......

No Two Persons, Especially If They Are Actively Engaged In

politics, will ever agree about the precise composition of a Ministry. Mr. Churchill's list has contained a fair number of surprises. On the whole he seems to have decided on a......

I Wish To Correct One Misprint In Last Week's Parliamentary

column. It was there stated that Commander Bower had been "scarcely cheered" by his colleagues in uniform. This sentence should have read "fiercely cheered."......

The Parachute Raiders

The enemy is versatile in his use and exploitation of ruses de guerre. The employment of parachute troops has owed most of its success to the element of surprise, causing......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes: Mr. Chamberlain himself has set a fine example of sacrifice and restraint. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of some of his followers......

Enemy Aliens In Britain

In view of the treachery from within which has played so sinister a part in all of the German invasions the safety of the country demands that no half-measures should be taken......

New Hopes In India

Two messages to The Times from India once more rev %e the hope, which has so often been disappointed, that a sn - all gathering of representative men may get together to discuss......