THE SHOE begins to pinch at the point where the
honest lobby-fodder of the Tory Party conceive the idea that, given the chance, they could do as Well on television as Sir Robert, and assume that the fact that they are not given the chance can only be a sinister Left-wing plot. Of course, Tories Who appear on Under Fire are given a rough time; the whole point of the programme is that speakers appear on it to defend political decisions and actions, and since the Conservatives at present form the Government they naturally find them- selves under fire from opponents of new legisla- tion or other Government actions. But this would be equally true if a Labour Government were in Office. Incidentally, in the last fourteen months or so twenty-seven Tory MPs have appeared on this Programme, compared with twelve Labour MPs and one Liberal. Presumably Labour will now Protest at Granada's deplorable pro-Tory bias.
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