10 NOVEMBER 1990, page 9

Howe Not To Do It

`Consensus', argues Noel Malcolm, has little to do with Europe, and even less to do with Sir Geoffrey Howe `I WOULD far rather see us in the Community exerting influence, as it......

A Dictionary Of Cant

TRAGIC EVENTS As in 'rebuilding confidence after the tragic events of 4 June,' the phrase appears consistently in Foreign Office material that is in- serted in the press. Lovers......