6 DECEMBER 1946, page 5

Instructive Light On Politics As Practised In The Happy Days

when politics were politics is cast by a letter which the diligence of the Librarian of the House has extracted from the files of the Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury,......

"new Member Sworn

Dame Priscilla Jean Fortescue Grant for the Burgh of Aberdeen (South Division)." What Mr. David Kirkwood said, as the new Member took the oath and signed the roll was, "A nice......

The Fate Of Transport

ALK about nationalisation in general is becoming wearisome, whether it be favourable or unfavourable. What is wanted now is a demonstration of how the thing works. Yet as one......

A Spectator 's Notebook I Should Doubt Whether The...

on the Law of Defamation, which is now preparing its report, would find much food for reflection in the Laski libel action, for the issue turned more than is common in such......

A Ceremony Of Universal Interest Will, I Understand, Take...

next June, when a plaque will be placed in Westminster Hall to commemorate one more of the many events of supreme national importance which took place in that historic building.......

The Tories Displayed Unlooked-for Emotion Over The Nelson...

debate. It was known that a handful of them intended as indi- viduals to oppose the Bill ending the annuity of £5,000 to the descendants of Lord Nelson's brother, but in the end......

The Action Of The Lord Chamberlain In Banning A Song

on con- temporary politics and politicians in a forthcoming revue called "Between Ourselves" no doubt in theory raises questions of prin- ciple, but no one but the most......