5 APRIL 1968, page 9

Spectator's Notebook

NIGEL LAWSON Thoughtful Germans have never taken parlia- mentary democracy for granted. Although the present experiment has lasted longer and been infinitely more successful......

Safety First

PAROLE GILES PLAYFAIR The much-vaunted parole system, intended, we were assured, as a bold assault on the hitherto intractable problem of overcrowding in prisons, came into......