When The Debate Began At 7.30 P.m. It Was Obvious
that the Opposition were handicapped by the extreme narrowness of the issue upon which they had elected to fight. With characteristic Parliamentary ineptitude they had chosen......
It Was Just The Kind Of Argument On Which Sir
John Simon, who, in the absence of the Prime Minister, was in charge of the debate, might be expected to score heavily, and brilliantly he handled it. " I have here," he said, "......
The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...
so often in the House of Commons the storm bur,t from a cloudless sky. Members had assembled on Monday afternoon in scanty numbers expecting a humdrinn Parliamentary day......
Unemployment Assistance
The announcement by the Minister of Labour in the House of Commons on Tuesday that the new Unem- ployment Assistance Regulations would, at last, be published on July 14th,......
Electricity And Efficiency While The Wholesale...
been reorganised, its retail distribution remains chaotic and inefficient. Over 600 different undertakings, using 43 different voltages and levying different rates, supply the......
6 ‘ The Spectator's " Net Sale Elsewhere In This Issue
(on p. ii.) will be found a statement regarding the current net sale of The Spectator. The figures—an average weekly sale of 21,060 copies over a period of 52 weeks—are the......
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