2 MAY 1969, page 8

Spectator's Notebook

J. W. M. THOMPSON Parliament seldom seems to shine when dis- cussing questions of privilege. After the Speaker had ruled that a Select Committee's disorderly visit to Essex......

Chairman Mao's Tripod

CHINA DICK WILSON The ninth congress of the Chinese Communist party, the first to have been held for eleven years and which has now ended, has confirmed the intricate power......