4 JUNE 1983, page 20

Age Of The Common Tory

Alan Rusbridger T he Sun is pretty pleased with the way things are going in this election, and few things seem to please it more than the prospect of a future Thatcher cabinet......

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One Hundred Years Ago

There are many ways of wasting time in the House of Commons, but all but one are imperfect in this or that par- ticular. They require some degree of concert on the part of those......