The Stalwarts Of The Willesden Borough Council, In...
their " closed-shop-for-all-employees," claim, I see, that they are retreating in good order. There is no doubt about the retreat, and none about the wisdom of it. If obstinacy......
Crisis In India B Y The Time These Words Are In
print a debate on India, so ill- timed as to be definitely dangerous, will be in progress in the House of Commons. The statement made on Wednesday by the Prime Minister......
A Spectator 's Notebook
T HE fuss the French are making about Dr. Schumacher's visit to this country has very little justification, if any at all. On the other hand the rather excessive fuss made here......
Damon Runyon's Death Is A Real Blow To The Gaiety
of nations. Few American humourists with humour so esoteric have captured the public in the same way as Mr. Runyon. His molls and his citizens and his somewhats had their part......
Travel In England In 1946. Why, Asked Mr. Walker-smith, Was
the 6.4o p.m. from Liverpool Street to Waltham Cross (under 13 miles) 51 minutes late on December 2nd? Well, replied the Minister of Transport, it was 19 minutes late in......
Mr. John L. Lewis Is, Of Course, Much Too Busy
to attend to me. Otherwise I should like to ask him to give me his opinion on mono- syllables. Here is an extract or two from his letter to his 400,000 strikers—some of whom,......
Sir Wavell Wakefield's Proposal That An "annunciator,"...
Member is on his feet down below at any moment, should be affixed to Big Ben did not commend itself to the Minister of Works. Nor, I am afraid, does it to me ; the news that......
Labour Councils Seem To Have Rather A Penchant For Making
themselves figures of fun. Bristol and its Public Relations Officer are likely to be heard of for some time. The Council clearly wants to be in the fashion, and hearing that......
I Can Hardly Imagine That When The Treasury And The
Ministry of Transport between them decided to compensate railway stock- holders on the basis of alleged capital value, irrespective of yield, they realised the effect their......
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