22 FEBRUARY 1957, Page 7

'I DO NOT KNOW,' said Mr. Gresham Cooke the other

day, according to Hansard, 'whether my hon. Friend is aware that the other day a branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union had a secret ballet, and only seven per cent. of the members voted.'

To the music of Wagner's Dance of the Appren- tices?

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