Mr. Duff Cooper Is The Government's Most Fluent Debater. He
has the capacity to speak without notes, a gift which is exceedingly rare on the Front Bench, where the presence of the despatch box provides a constant temptation to Ministers......
Mr. Herbert's Divorce Bill Mr. A. P. Herbert Is To
be congratulated on the emergence of his Marriage Bill (more commonly known as his Divorce Bill) from the Committee stage, not indeed unscathed, if the revised version is......
Consideration Of Supplementary Estimates Always Provides...
at Ministers. On Tuesday Mr. Maxton was suspicious that " casual savings " achieved by the Office of Works should reach so large a total as £5,5oo and Mr. Kelly felt alarm at an......
Some Of The Daily Papers Have Been Drawing Attention To
absenteeism at Westminster. Their criticisms have certainly been justified in the last three weeks. Many Government supporters seem only to be interested in la haute politique......
The Week In Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent...
Whenever by an unfortunate concurrence of circumstances an Opposi- tion is compelled to support the Government," said Lord Randolph Churchill, " the support should be given with......
Germans And Czechs Since The Peace Of Central Europe, And
perhaps all Europe, may depend on the relations between the German-speaking population of Czechoslovakia and the Government of that country, considerable importance attaches to......
Oxford's Appeal The Future Of Oxford As A Seat Of
learning very largely depends on the response to the appeal made by the University this week for financial assistance in undertaking certain new projects which can no longer be......
A Change Of Type Readers Of The Spectator Will Be
conscious of certain changes in typography in this week's issue. The antique lettering of the title, both on the cover and on the first page of matter, has been changed, as in......
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