Ballot Rigging
T he Government's defeat in the House of Lords last week over the issue of compulsory postal ballots in union elections was a characteristic minor example of Mrs Thatcher's......
Numbers Racket
T n his autobiography, Malcolm X, the 1 American gangster who became a black power leader in prison, recounts how he graduated from petty drug peddling to `running the numbers'......
Johnsonian Rebuke
T he Spectator's architectural correspon- dent, Gavin Stamp, won a considerable coup at the public inquiry into the Mansion House Square development on Wednesday. Re produced a......
Notes
M rs Thatcher claims a success at the EEC summit at Fontainebleau. Yet the main result of the summit is that the spending of the EEC — and Britain's con- tribution to that......
Killing The Swedes
D ritain's decision not even to attempt to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions by 30 per cent before 1993 is a shaming one; and the arguments used to justify it are specious. If......
Subscribe
UK Eire Surface mail Air mail 6 months: £17.25 £17.25 £20.50 £26.50 One year: £34.50 £34.50 £41.00 £53.00 For special offer turn to p.33 Name Address US Subscriptions: $75.00......