18 OCTOBER 1963, page 3

A Boost From Blackpool

HE Tory succession will shortly be de- T cided—very soon, perhaps, after these words are in print. Mr. Butler or Lord Hailsham? Lord Home? Mr. Macleod, Mr. Heath, Mr. Maudling'?......

— Portrait Of The Week— 'butlers Ought To Know Their Place

and not to play the Old Retainer night and day': but Mr. Butler was claiming squatter's rights to No. 10, a claim disputed by 569 viewers who complained at having to watch Mr.......

The Spectator

No. 7060 Established 1828 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1963......