Several hundred ordinary Britons made their way to the American Embassy as soon as they heard the news of President Kennedy’s death. Over 5,000 people joined the queue outside the Embassy next day so that they could sign their names as mourners. American tourists and residents were stopped on the … Read More
Sir Alec Frederick Douglas-Home has been Prime Minister for only a week and he is already beginning to look the part. The shrill outcries of indignation, protest and ridicule that greeted his appointment last weekend have not died down but they are beginning to stop. The opposition leader, Mr Harold … Read More
In America the famous television debate between Mr Kennedy and Mr Nixon sealed the fate of the latter and ensured the victory of the former. In France television has made it possible for General de Gaulle to run government through referendums. Even in tradition-bound Britain we saw the cumulative effect … Read More
The reasons that prompted or provoked Mr Macmillan to announce his decision to resign in the midst of the Conservative party’s conference at Blackpool last week remain a subject of speculation. There can be little doubt however that he could easily have avoided adding to the existing tension and confusion … Read More
The shadow of a united, revitalised and confident Labour party under the aggressive leadership of Mr Harold Wilson lay across Blackpool, famous for its beautifully illuminated waterfront, last Tuesday as over 4,000 delegates to the Conservative conference poured in for the annual get-together. Even before they began to grapple with … Read More
Last week millions of television viewers in this country saw and heard Governor Wallace of Alabama and extremist American young men brashly expound the doctrine of segregation. The Governor made great play with the assertion that the British adopted a holier than thou attitude because they were not faced with … Read More
It was obvious from the start that the 62nd annual conference of the Labour party at Scarborough would be in the nature of a pre-election rally at which the leadership would proclaim its faith in victory at the next elections and seek to impart this confidence to the rank and … Read More
