29 APRIL 1955, page 7

There Was Much Talk Some Weeks Ago In Parliament And

the press about restrictive trade practices. The rubber manu- facturers, it was said, formed a `ring,' and as evidence it was recalled that whenever the price of one firm's......

No Doubt It Was Embarrassing For Dr. Barnet Stross When

at his 'roses for Lidice' press conference his Communist guests were stumped by some awkward questions put to them by a former Czech who is now a British subject working in......

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A Spectator's Notebook

MR. WOODROW WYATT, I read, has shaken the dust of Birming- ham from his feet, with the slightly embittered comment : 'One should not expect any gratitude in politics and I......

Political Commentary

By HENRY FAIRLIE S INCE 1867, when the conditions of the modern two- party system were established, no government has ev,er increased its majority at a general election. This is......

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In This Country You Can Say What You Like, But

you cannot listen to what you like. The case of the Army officer hauled up before the Bench the other day for the crime of listening to police-car broadcasts is illuminating.......