6 JANUARY 1973, page 6

The Law

The compensation game David W. Williams The rightful indignation that boiled up in press and Parliament over the plight of the thalidomide victims has caused renewed criticism......

The New Fifty-pence Piece

They sat up in Brussels the whole of the night And emerged in the morning all pasty and grey The British and French had been having a fight On how much the lorries in England......