3 AUGUST 1945, page 9

We Adopt This Sanguine Attitude, Since It Is A Valuable

British habit to make the best even of personal disappointments. Our optimism on this occasion is sliced through by a knife-edge of poignant regret : we cannot rid our minds or......

Temporarily, At Least, There Will Be Aching Gaps. Mr....

Law will not be there to still a restless House by the utter truthfulness of his demeanour and the sedative qualities of his calm slow way. Mr. Hore Belisha will not be there to......

Mr. Attlee As Prime Minister Will Continue To Display The

sincerity and good sense which he has always displayed ; what will be interest- ing to observe is whether he also retains his attractiv: diffidence. I have seldom seen a man to......

It Is A Disappointment Also Not To Be Able, By

constant attendance, to assess the value of the new House of Commons and of the new Members who have been elected. However often one may visit the House as an outsider, it is......

Marginal Comment

By HAROLD NICOLSON O NE of the incidental regrets which assail those of us who have been swept aside by the electoral avalanche is that we shall not be there to witness the......