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It is not surprising that the Lord Chancellor's picture of an ideal bench of magistrates consisting of two members of the Right in politics and two of the Left, with a chairman......
A Spectator's Notebook
T HERE are the makings of an early clash between the Govern- ment and the House of Lords in the insistence by the former on maintaining what are known as "transitional powers......
There Is Today An Echo From Scotland Of The Controversy
provoked by the project which threatened to deface the beautiful view of Durham Cathedral by a gigantic power-station. My readers will remember that Bishop Williams' "half......
It Was Surprising To Hear On The 9 O'clock News
on Monday that Norman Baillie-Stewart had appeared that morning at Bow Street before "Sir Bertrand Russell." The association of ideas is intelli- gible and Sir Bertrand Watson......
A Conservative M.p., Putting What Might Be Described As A
justifiably tendentious question to the President of the Board of Trade last week, asked how much paper had been made available for the publication of Your M.P. and English......
* * * * The House Of Commons May Or
may not still deserve its reputa- tion as the best club in London, but this week's changes have unquestionably made it the club with the cheapest food. Announce- ments of the......
The Future Constitution, Indeed The Whole General Future,...
which has established a commanding hold on British sympathy and admiration, is more or less in the melting-pot. An old resident of the island makes a suggestion which seems......
The Government's New Contribution To The Perpetuation Of...
peerage (for I believe all seven new members of the Upper House have sons to succeed them) is interesting. In the selection of, among others, Sir Edward Evans, of the 'Broke,'......
France And The Elections
r HE results of the French elections this week have been awaited I with more than usual interest in this country. They, and their consequences, will decide the future of France......