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Recognising Franco
General Franco's 'campaign has reached a point at which the question of recognising him as head of the Spanish State has become a crucial issue of European diplomacy. We should......
Facing The Inconceivable Folly
" To-day, while we are still finding and burying the bodies of the men who fell in the War, the whole of 'Europe is arming. Could there be a more inconceivable folly for those......
The Distressed Areas
It was a legitimate stroke of Parliamentary tactics on the part of the Opposition to fasten on the Government's intention of renewing the Special Areas Act by including it in......
London Versus England
To speak of London as a " menace " is strong language, yet it is of the " menace" of London that the retiring Commissioner for the Special Areas writes in his third and final......
Murder In Parliament
It would be quite consistent with the common indifference to England and Englishmen, as opposed to rich Londoners, if the Government adopted Lord Ponsonby's Euthanasia Bill and......
A Letter To Arnold Lunn
Dear Lunn,—I agree that we need more controversy, and I believe that no one does more than yourself to clear a way through the jungle of modem nonsense. What, then. was I......
Comments
Euthanasia on the Roads? Let us, however, give credit where it can be given and accept gratefully the proposal to transfer the control of the greater trunk roads to the central......
Roosevelt And The Prophets
There is a fairly obvious explanation of the failure of the prophets in the U.S.A. to predict the size of Mr. Roosevelt's majority. The constituency reached by the ordinary......
Employers Versus The Dole
This prophecy is to some extent confirmed by the rush of some of the threatened employers to forestall a strike by making concessions beforehand. No doubt they are wise, for......
Father Coughlin And The Victory
General dependence upon a State dole is indeed a hateful thing. But once a proletariat has been created—a people without economic status based upon property —a State dole in......
Catholics In Parliament
Last week, Mr. • Gallacher, the Communist member, fought hard in the House for the Spanish Reds, citing passages from the Catholic Press (including the Catholic Herald) and......
First Thoughts By Michael
Pagan Parallels. II. About two months ago we told how at the age of twenty-five we confided to a friend the two decisive reasons against believing in any sort of religion. The......