2 NOVEMBER 1951, page 4

The New Crew

I NTEREST itithe formation of the new Government has already largely overshadowed interest in the result of the election. Yet the result is all-important, for the narrowness of......

It Was Surely A Very Remarkable Doctrine Which The...

Guardian enunciated on Monday when it observed, in con- nection with the new Cabinet appointments, that " the Colonial Office does not seem, to offer in itself muck_scope for......

A Spectator's Notebook

HE contest for the Speakership made an inauspicious opening for the new Parliament, though the figures suggest that the Labour Party by no means voted solid for Major Milner.......

Local Museums Often Yield Strange , Treasure. Chancing To...

that ancient and attractive town, Malmesbury, a day or two ago, I found a printed document calculated to appeal to all those—and they ate very many—whom the vagaries of minor......

I Said Last Week That, With The Polls Declared, The

prophets would stand arraigned. They do, I myself among them. My prediction was a Conservative majority of 50. All I can say for that is that it was lower than any other I......

Political Acrimony Is Being Kept Well Stoked Up In Some

quarters. The Conservatives having made it perfectly clear in their Election manifesto that they intended to denationalise road haulage, the Road Haulage Association has......

Small Acts Of Thoughtfulness Can Make Deep Impressions....

close of each of the lecture courses for well-known Germans at Wilton Park the Government gives an informal but very agreeable reception at the house where Mr. Bevin used to......