18 APRIL 1941, page 3

Public Opinion Outside The House Of Commons Is Beginning To

shape itself. The country has been transformed in one year under Mr. Churchill's leadership. There are no by-elections to record that transformation except as revealed by maiden......

There Will Be Second Thoughts On The Budget And Continued

anxiety over 'Hitler's unfolding plan to subjugate the British Empire. There will be murmuring criticism on smaller points and demands for speedier administration in......

The Courageous Behaviour Of The Ordinary Man And Woman Under

eight months' bombardment is, after all, the shining example of spirit and tenacity in a great people. The task of Government is to be equal to that spirit. The United States......

I Hope Parliament Will Resume' Its Activities In No Carping

or complacent mood, but realising more fully its tremendous responsibility. Every member is a master of some aspect, of public policy ; at any rate he is free to witness how......

The War Is Entering On Its Grimmest Phase. Are We

now organised for victory? Is it not a fair judgement to say that every move made by the Government on the home-front might have been made a month earlier? If there be any truth......

T.u.c. On The Trade Disputes Act

Representatives of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress visited the Prime Minister last week to put before him their claim for amendment of the Trade Disputes and......

Losses At Sea—monthly Reports

There is ample justification for the decision to publish the figures of merchant shipping lost once a month only, instead of once a week. In view of the fact that the figures......

The Week In Parliament

Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes: Parliament has adjourned for a few days and most members are in their constituencies, helping in the blitzed areas, estimating the truth......

Freedom To Debate

Does unity in the face of the enemy mean that political and social questions should be left out of public 'discussion? The Labour Party is evidently uneasy lest the proceedings......

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