15 FEBRUARY 1975, page 5

A Spectator's Notebook

The first ballot for the selection of the Tory leader was predictably preceded by many e x ci ted - schoolboy gatherings and little dinners given by the pudgy young acolytes......

Westminster Corridors

Never have I witnessed such scenes of prep. school high spirits as gripped Tory MPs upon the Announcement that Master Heath had been toppled from his perch by Mistress Thatcher.......