30 JANUARY 1942, page 4

Mr. Churchill And The House

F ACING a House critical, and rightly so, in detail but completely loyal to his personal leadership, the Prime Minister on Tuesday made a characteristically vigorous fighting......

One Passage In The Prime Minister's Speech On Tuesday Was

a little perplexing. Addressing the House of Commons less than five months ago—on September 9th—he mentioned that our forces in the Middle East were then " beginning to approach......

"c,ouponed " And "uncouponed " Are Challenged. I Am Aft

aid they must both be passed—but licensed for commercial use only. The O.E.D. recognises coupon ; " couponed," therefore; must be......

A Spectator's Notebook

A LOT of people are calling on the Prime Minister to recon- stitute his Government, but not much has been said about how he ought to do it. Who is to be dropped and who......

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The consolidation of the various Austrian organisations—pro- fessional, political, cultural and so on—in this country into the Free Austria Movement is an important step......

The Question Usually Phrased " Why Aren't We Bombing Germany

to hell? " is still worrying a good many people—naturally enough. I have been making some enquiries into that on my own account, and the answer really does seem to be the one......

The Change In The Direction Of The B.b.0 Was So

generally expected a few months ago that since it did not happen then it had ceased to be expected now. The question naturally is, what lies behind it? The answer, I believe, is......

S.p.c.e. Corner

"The Germans had reportedly only 25 tanks when they passed through Benghazi in retreat."—Times Cairo correspondent, January 24th. The writer himself may be exonerated. The......