31 JULY 1971, page 5

The Spectator's Notebook

It is remarkable how George Brown, who, when he was Foreign Secretary, was regarded by Hugh Cudlipp and his Daily Mirror boyos as a load of old rubbish, is now treated seriously......

The Nobility Of Roy

Incidentally, all those pro-Market warriors Who are currently infatuated with the nobility of Roy Jenkins and his antiWilson stance could do worse than bear in mind that Harold......

Pre-autumnal Crunch

Before I am finally done with the Market, or, rather, before the autumn crunch, I must make a final observation which, I hope, will not go unregarded by Willie Whitelaw, Francis......

Plump, Portly Buck Jenkins

I dropped into the House of Commons on Tuesday to see and hear the Prime Minister dealing with his questions. Very cool and assured he looked, too, leaning against the dispatch......

Jobs For The Villains

1 find very puzzling a statement such as that made by Mr Mark Carlisle, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Home Office, that the present "prison population" on May 31 was......

Double Standards

The forcing down of the BOAC VC-10 by the Libyan authorities; the forced removal from that plane of Major Hamadallah and of Lt.-Col el-Nur; the subsequent handing over of these......