One of the by-products of the Profumo affair and the consequent demand for the resignation of the Prime Minister, Mr Macmillan, has been that probably for the first time the method of selecting the Conservative party leader has become the subject of discussion, debate and even recrimination. This is an … Read More
The Profumo scandal has once again brought to the fore the old question: Who rules Britain? Is it the Prime Minister functioning more or less on the presidential pattern or the Cabinet or the House of Commons? The exponents of the different schools of thought have sought and found confirmation … Read More
It is only too obvious that the Profumo affair will rank as a major political event in Britain’s history of the sixties. What is not so equally obvious immediately is that it might as well come to be regarded as a milestone in the evolution of British society, a decisive … Read More
It is just unfortunate that our President, Dr Radhakrishnan’s first state visit to this country should have coincided with the worst phase of the political storm provoked by the Profumo affair. It so happened that Mr Profumo chose or felt compelled to blurt out the truth on the eve of … Read More
In the past one week the British Prime Minister, Mr Macmillan, was able to pull of two diplomatic successes. He persuaded a reluctant President Kennedy to visit him during his forthcoming European tour, at the end of the month. His long standing efforts to get top level discussions between his … Read More
No single issue is as controversial in Britain today as the educational system. Because of historical reasons public schools loom large in this debate. Since it costs about £500 a year to maintain a child at a public school, these famous institutions are open only to rich and upper middle … Read More
Those who regard politics as a rational pursuit hoped that the final collapse of the Brussels negotiations for Britain’s entry into the Common Market would mean the abandonment not only of the Conservative government’s misconceived European venture but President Kennedy’s equally self-contradictory grand design of the Atlantic Community. My own … Read More
It has long been obvious that the very top people in New Delhi have been living in a make-believe world in regard to the amount of military aid that they could expect from America and Britain. It would appear that the psychological balance which was rudely shaken by the Chinese … Read More
In recent British history no divorce case has attracted so much attention as that of the Duke of Argyl. When it concluded the previous week after three and half years of litigation even quality papers like The Times and The Daily Telegraph carried over 4,000 words of the 64,000-word judgment. … Read More
The political scene in Britain is quite curious at the moment. The air of unreality hangs over it. No date for the general election has been announced and it is far from certain that it would be held some time this year. Yet the two principal parties have fired their … Read More
