Outside the ranks of the Labour Left there is a fairly substantial measure of agreement on what needs to be done if Britain is to have a ch4nce of survival, let alone...

The pound continued to sag in spite of a statement by West German Chancellor Schmidt that sterling was undervalued. Our own Chancellor Healey imposed the highest ever mortgage...

Détente at Brighton John Grigg It would have been difficult for the Conservatives at Brighton not to appear less silly and nasty than Labour at Blackpool, but the remarkable...

Now that Sir Harold Wilson has agreed to carry out an inquiry into the workings of the City of London, there is much speculation about who the other membei s of his committee...

The decision not to work Auberon Waugh When one has spotted a great historical movement and pinned it down like a butterflY in a glass case for all to admire, one tends to be...

Nicholas von Hoffman Washington With his handling of l'affaire Butz President Ford let it be known he intends to challenge the Reverend Peanut in the race to lose the election....

Taki Theodoracopulos The government of Constantine Karamanlis has come under increasing fire recently from the Socialist leader Andreas Papandreou, the communists, and the...

Xan Smiley Rhodesia's black guerrillas have been crassly incompetent but they are already being hailed as victors. Unita's troops have paralysed much of south and central...

Richard West One morning last week, while I was trying not to listen to the radio, I heard a scrap of a news item that made me sit up and listen hard. The announcer has said...

Jock Bruce-Gardyne Mr Callaghan deserves a special accolade for the appropriateness of his selection for the chairmanship of his Committee of Inquiry into the City of London....

Christopher Booker In recent days I have often thought back to a phrase that was used by Harold Wilson in July 1975. Introducing the 16 Package', he warned that, if the...

Park Top Jeffrey Bernard The defeat of J. 0. Tobin at Longchamp was a depressing start to the week. The French are certainly getting some of their own back this year for the...