31 JANUARY 1958, Page 7

I THOUGHT that Mr. Gaitskell came out of his television

interview with Mr. Robin Day better than Mr. Butler did the week before. The chief difference between them was that Mr. Gaitskell answered the questions and so one did not get-the feeling as one did with Mr. Butler that he was eluding Mr: Day. Incidentally, Mr. Day is not, as I thought, prevented by the terms on which the interviews are arranged from follow-up questions, but he has to cover a lot of ground and feels, understandably, that he should go wide rather than deep. Mr. Gaitskell's only bad moment was when he had to look happy at the result of the Parker Tribunal; he succeeded in looking like somebody who, having just managed to swallow the last piece of gristle, is asked to comment on his hostess's cooking.

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