27 MARCH 1959, page 6

Commenting Rather Late On The Itv Device Of Opening A

space-drama with a dead-pan parody of a government communiqud, I see that the Post- master-General said, 'It was incredibly stupid. It has devalued what the GovernMent might......

- Ruts Week, For The First Time In More Than Nine

years, there is no competition, or competition report, on the penultimate page of the Spectator. The occasion, which is a sad one for many readers (to judge by our postbag) as......

Westminster Commentary

WE sho l uld not be too heavily symbolic about it, but Mr. Bevan's ga f fe in the debate on Cyprus (he included Dr. Nkru- mah i,n a list of colonial political leaders whom the......

Kr Last, The Government Has Decided To Set Up A

committee to consider the whole question of con- sumer protection. This was announced in the House of Commons last week by Mr. John Rodgers, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board......

Until The Judicature Act Of 1873 An Applicant For A

writ of Habeas Corpus was rightly allowed to make more of a nuisance of himself than other litigants, by trudging around from court to court, or in vacation, from judge to......

Mr. Neiiru's Behaviour Over The Lighting In Tibet Has Not

been edifying. His anxiety not to encour- age the Tibetans is understandable enough, since the result can hardly fail to be futile. But his reluctance to 'interfere' in the......

A Spectator's Notebook

AN AWKWARD constitutional situation is developing in Northern Rhodesia. Full elec- tion results are not yet avail- able but the Federal Party has not gained enough seats to......