The selection of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longman at
Government candidate for the Grantham vacancy seems a sound move. Sir Arthur, who, among other qualifications, lives g Grantham, will be able to speak in the House on air-question with an authority which no other Member can rival—rather like that with which Sir Roger Keyes discusses naval matters. He has had immense experience in the Air Force. He com- manded the R.A.F. in the Middle East in 194o and 1941, and was brought back—unreasonably as many people thought—aftl the loss of Crete to the not very exacting post of-Inspector-Gene-3i of the R.A.F. He is as familiar with training as with the operational sphere, and will be capable of injecting into discussions on ail" strategy, at a time when air-strategy may be the chief ingredient of victory, an element of knowledge and common sense that should
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