17 NOVEMBER 1967, page 2

Britain On The Brink

Britain today stands, once again, on the brink of devaluation, anxiously negotiating a further massive loan to bolster a tottering pound. On the surface it seems as if we have......

The Nelson Touch

The message which Mr George Thomson brought hack from Salisbury was n simple one. It was that Mr Smith and his more moderate colleagues are no longer prepared to offer the......

Portrait Of The Week

Sterling's back was to the wall; Sir Leslie O'Brien returned from Basle saying that he had 'every confidence in the pound"; the Bank of Eng- land rushed to its support; the......