13 JUNE 1970, Page 6

ViCtUS CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS'

Out of the print that smothers me, Dull as the ditch from poll to poll, I think I find the ORC

The most eccentric on the whole.

Twixt Tweedldee and Tweedledum Looms but the bother of the shade, Yet, though one finds it slightly rum, The prospect leaves me undismayed, In the full mush of circumstance.

While pundits strive to guess the swing. The uncommitted take a chance.

The press prepares for anything.

It matters not how hard the pace.

It would be really rather fun.

If at the finish of the race It turned out that the Liberals won.