23 JANUARY 1959, Page 7

IT OCCURS TO ME that Mr. Randolph Churchill's intending candidature

at East Bournemouth should be successful. If Mr. Nigel' Nicolson is unacceptable to many of the Bournemouth elec- tors because he was an opponent. of the Suez adventure, and Major Friend was unacceptable to others because he was a supporter of it, Mr. Churchill should be just right. After all, he has been both.