Spectator's Notebook
M R. Selwyn Lloyd's journey to Rhodesia hasn't produced any surprises, but it con- firms, as the SPECTATOR has long argued, that the only sensible course is to restart the......
The Tory Task Efficiency Is Not Enough
By NORMAN ST. JOHN-STEVAS, MP rrillE Tory party dislikes being in opposition I and it is quite right. Opposition in our un- reformed Parliament, as Labour found for thir- teen......
Tailpiece
An MP friend, recently in Hungary, tells me this latest joke in top Hungarian Government circles. Party official to leader of deputation of disgruntled farmers: 'And what sort......
No High Flyer
The choice of Mr. A. N. Halls to succeed Mr. Derek Mitchell as the Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary certainly seems to justify the concern I expressed here last......
Vicky
All the obituarists will no doubt salute Vicky as the greatest cartoonist of our time. This I am sure he was. Not only was he a draughtsman who had equipped himself with a......
Mr. Short's Early Warning I Have Before Me As 1
write a duplicated letter from the Government Chief Whip, dated Febru- ary 17, 1966. 'Dear Colleague,' it begins (I hasten to point out that it isn't in fact addressed to me;......
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