25 MARCH 1966, Page 16

Yeats on the Election

Sta,—I wonder if the following lines: will turn out to be a prescient comment by Yeats on this election : A Statesman is an easy man, He tells his lies by rote; A journalist makes up his lies And takes you by the throat; So stay at home and drink your beer And let the neighbours Vote.

M. J. FENNESSY

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