7 MARCH 1947, page 3

The Peace-time Army

The recent White Paper on Defence indicated that the number of men and women serving in the armed forces on March 31st, 1948, would be 1,o87,00o, as against 1,427,000 on......

At Westminster

M ONDAY in Parliament was a day to make the conscientious Parliamentary reporter of the four-page daily paper bite in ineffective despair on the chains that fetter him. It was a......

Gagging The Commons

The Government's decision, taken in the face of all argument, reason and respect for Parliamentary tradition, to force the Transport and Town and Country Bills through committee......

Reappearance

The reappearance of The Spectator in its normal form cannot be allowed to pass without some reference to the circumstances attend- ing its suspension. k is now dear that,......