31 AUGUST 1945, page 2

By-election Prospects

The impending crop of by-elections is interesting on more than personal grounds, important though that aspect of them is. To get Mr. Harold Macmillan and Mr. Richard Law back to......

Spanish Cross-currents

Politics in Spain will always be sui generis. Today they are being evolved in two centres, Madrid and Mexico City. At home the administration, warned by Mr. Bevin, and......

A Million-men Switch

The ending of Lend-Lease has made clearer than ever the neces- sity of a speedy transition from war to peace production, and it is going to test this country's capacity for......

Parliament's Business

The Government's proposal for a Select Committee on Procedure in the House of Commons would have raised few questions but for statements made by various Ministers before the......

The House-price Racket

The Morris Committee on the control of the selling price of vacant houses has probably made the best contribution it could to the solution of a difficult problem. It is contrary......

Less Troubled Balkans

The outlook in Bulgaria, and in the Balkans generally, is much improved by the decision of the Bulgarian Government to postpone the elections. This is a direct outcome of the......