A Spectator's Notebook
EASTERN POTENTATES used to con- struct their palaces sp that no single member of their household would know all the passages and chambers —and all the secrets. The oil com-......
It Was Pointed Put To Me That In Normal Times
practically no crude oil is shipped to Europe from the United States; the operation had to start almost from scratch. If early hopes have not been met, it is mainly because of......
From A Long Succession Of Privilege Cases The Commons Of
the day gradually learned two lessons. The first was that, as Castlereagh (no friend to the press) more than once pointed out, the question is not whether a libel is deserving......
I Don't Quite See What Dr. Summerskill Has Been Trying
to achieve since her return from her jaunt to Port Said. Everybody knows that the original Government figures of Egyptian casualties were far too low; but her own figures are......
The Refusal Of Mayor Wagner To Extend A Not York
welcome to King Saud has evoked a quan- tity of comparable incidents ranging from Big Bill Thompson threatening to punch King George 1 1 on the snoot to the defenestration of......
Among The List Of Things That Might Have B Ee Better
expressed I should put this, found in t leader-column of Monday's Daily Express: Why, it will be urged, should Britain perst with this project whcn the Americans alrea have a......
The General Council Of The Bar Has Recently Issued A
further series of rulings on professional conduct and etiquette. For example, the pri or consent of the Bar Council is now required before a barrister, cloaked in anonymity, may......
Wonder, Is There No H • Istory Of Parlia- Mentary Privilege?
I have been looking at Hansard to see how press and Parliament got on . in the past; and the subject is full of interest. What most clearly emerges is -that privilege has......
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