25 SEPTEMBER 1959, page 6

A Spectator's Notebook

THE ATTEMPT being made by the Conservative leaders to make the election a polite, well-bred affair would be fine if it were simply designed to spare us all the once-fashion-......

Election Commentary

Labour Party would set up a political police force and abolish elections entirely. Speaking as one who has never been wholly averse to slinging a little healthy mud about when......

It Is Rare Enough To Find Any Kind Of Entertain-

ment in London after 11 at night; and when it is combined with topical political agitation, as in Monday's Nuclear Disarmament rally Stars in Your Eyes, I would have assumed......

"hie Entertainment Had A Victorian 'at Home' Air About It.

Sir Michael Redgrave sang. His light agreeable baritone in his songs from the Beggar's Opera was certainly a surprise to me, and he re- ceived that enthusiastic applause which......

I Have Received A Brochure From The Bow Group On

its research activities. Nineteen study-groups are listed, with a description of the work-in- progress of each one. Thus, the Banking group is bringing out a pamphlet; the group......

The Spectator

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I Find It Hard To Believe That Many Floaters Were

impressed by the Conservatives' first TV broad- cast in the campaign proper. Six turned out to be too many Ministers to be squeezed comfort- ably into so brief a session.......