21 OCTOBER 1955, Page 7

FOOTNOTE from Margate : A solitary ex-MP (suspected of fellow-travelling)

was walking head down past a group seated at a table. One member of the group, a trade unionist famous for his sharp wit and determined to live up to it, said, as the lone wolf went by, 'Still with the Party?' A very startled face swung round on the seated group. 'I mean with us, of course,'