6 JANUARY 1956, page 6

Political Commentary

BY HENRY FAIRLIE T HERE are two ways by which a political commentator can struggle through a Parliamentary recess. One is by substituting an 'Economic Diary' for a 'Political......

The Day Before Its Selwyn Lloyd Coup The Express Gave

a half-column to the annual report of the Press Council. `The popular Press,' it began. 'is invariably on the side of patriotism and legality, of courage and chivalry . . .' and......

A Spectator's Notebook

I WAS amused to see that the Daily Express had managed to decipher from the official photograph of the new Foreign Secretary all the papers on Mr. Selwyn Lloyd's desk. They......