THE SCHIZOPHRENIA Which has long affected Lord Beaverbrook's newspapers was
given another giddy twist on Wednesday. A leader-page article by Mr. George Gale discussed the suit for divorce filed by the Foreign Secretary. His point—that divorce is no longer the end to a political career— was well enough taken, if not precisely new. But some of the remarks he made in the course of the discussion were particularly interesting. 'It is a pity,' he said, `to have to record the fact [that Mr. Lloyd has filed his petition] as news. It is a pleasure to argue that it will not be news any longer.' And again, 'Private disaster is at last private. . . .' Admirable sentiments! What gives them an especial piquancy is the front page of the same issue of the Daily Express. There, stretched across eight columns, is a banner head- line reading 'Foreign Minister Divorce,' with a sub-heading 'Selwyn Lloyd cites City man.' There are pictures of Mr. Lloyd, Mrs. Lloyd and the co-respondent, descriptions of all of them, includ- ing a reference to the injuries Mrs. Lloyd sustained when involved in a car accident in 1955, and even the details of where the co-respondent's mother has been for the last two months. `Private disaster is at last private. . .
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