12 FEBRUARY 1965, Page 10

By the Right The speed with which both Government and

Opposition have- moved to the right on immi- gration is remarkable. Sir Alec's call for tougher measures was answered next day by Sir Frank Soskice, who looks unhappy in his new role as keeper of the gate. I suppose nothing the Labour Party does should still surprise me, but I find the silence of the left inexplicable. Has Sir Cyril Osborne really won without a cheep out of Michael Foot? Perhaps it is time to remind ourselves, lest we forget, that we have gained a great deal from the work of the immigrant community: that many of our hospital wards could not keep open if we kept coloured nurses away; that we are still brothers one to another. But that is where we came in, and it is unpopular now to mention it. •