5 JULY 1957, page 18

Westminster Commentary

was rather Left wing in those days, and he kindly gave me to understand that he didn't mind a bit. 1 always say,' he declared, `that a man is a Co mmunist at seventeen, a......

A Spectator's Notebook

WHO, I WONDER, has come worst out of this whole telephone-tapping business, which The Times in two very trenchant leaderi has rightly called odious? Not Mr. Butler, who has......

The Process Which Culminated In Mr. Randolpl Churchill's...

the Evening Stall dard originated in this office (it was an artier he had written replying to Taper, which wa rejected, that precipitated his departure); and I watched his......

By Comparison With Mr. Herbert Morrison He Was Probably...

Mr. Morrison has con- firmed my opinion of him by actually boasting of the use he made of his phone-tapping powers. He claims that press and Parliament are safeguards; but if......

Portrait Of The Week

THE International Geophysical Year has come in like a dragon, heralded by a gratify- ing flare on the sun, some of the, hottest weather for ten years, and a television lec- ture......

Top' Intelligence

EDDIE FISHER. Princess Margaret's favourite 'pop' singer, flew specially from Paris last night to attend a charity ball in London—and was given a table at the farthest point......