24 JANUARY 1981, page 15

Mr Prior Waits For Answers

Peter Paterson Mr Jim Prior's latest thoughts on the reform of trade union rights and powers emerged l ast week to cause scarcely a tremor on the Richter scale of union protest.......

Home Thoughts From Abroad

Jo Grimond When I returned from Sicily last week I found that, according to the British press, the sky had fallen — St John-Stevas had be-en dismissed. Neither this, nor for......

One Hundred Years Ago

When we spoke,last week of the hope of a mild winter having vanished, we did not anticipate the horrors of this week. On Tuesday and Wednesday fell a snow-storm such as has not......