PEOPLE AND THINGS
By HAROLD NICOLSON
IT has been strange, both in the House of Commons and outside, to observe the after-effects of the Cabinet re- shuffle of April 3rd. The popular newspapers were inclined at first to over-emphasise the importance of the functions assumed by Mr. Winston Churchill and thereby to obscure the "puss in the corner" nature of the changes that had been made. Ten days' reflection has convinced most people that the tone and complexion of the Ministry has in no sense been altered, and that our Bellona, however much she may scowl and pout, is still the improvident but fussy Mother Hubbard whom we have known since 1931. The best of the many gibes which have been made on the occasion is that attributed to one of the junior members of The Times. editorial staff. "I do not see," remarked this pertinent young man, "why they should have bothered to exchange places ; surely it would have been simpler merely to ex- change names? " * *
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