The controversial question regarding the desirability and feasibility of Britain’s independent nuclear role has dominated the debate over defence policy to such an extent and for so long that its other important aspects have tended to be pushed into the background. The relevance or irrelevance of the nuclear force relate … Read More
In the race for the limelight Britain’s angry young men are beginning to lose to satirists! John Osborne who rocketed to fame with the play Look Back In Anger and other writers of this generation are becoming back numbers as younger men and women move in and take over the … Read More
Apparently spurred by criticism at home, the Indian Information Service here has in recent weeks somewhat broadened the scope of its activities to include background material on China. One of these backgrounders recalls Mr Mao Tse-tung’s famous statement of 1949 in which he said that every nation must choose between … Read More
It is a common saying here that for the Conservatives and their supporters there is no Labour leader like the dead one. This was amply proved at the time of Mr Hugh Gaitskell’s death last month. The man who had been denounced for his “dishonest vote-catching” anti-Common Market speech at … Read More
January 1963 has earned for itself a place in British history. It will be remembered as the coldest January since 1838, long after things like the failure of the Brussels negotiations and the row with de Gaulle and France arc forgotten. The generally stoic British people are fed up with … Read More
Earlier this week, three young Englishmen wrote to President de Gaulle renouncing their distribution agency for French state-built Renault cars as a protest against his recent “remarks and general antipathy towards Britain.” They have even announced their intention to give up French wines though on this point they are not … Read More
One of the many stories that are now being recalled here is that during the war one of President de Gaulle’s meetings with Sir Winston Churchill ended so bitterly that the row could be heard two rooms away. As President de Gaulle left the room flushed with anger, Sir Winston … Read More
For nearly a fortnight now the weather has been worse than beastly and weather experts do not hold out any hope of improvement for several days. First came the snow, up to six feet deep in places. This was followed by sleet and ice creating Arctic conditions in large parts … Read More
After the Christmas effervescence follows the inevitable annual stock-taking. So great has been the shock of events that even during the Christmas holidays the British people could not completely shut out uncomfortable thoughts about their place and role in the world. This question was forced into the open by the … Read More
It was a long time ago that a Frenchman described the British to be the biggest gamblers in Europe. He said: “They gamble for fun in the same way as they play tennis and cricket. It is a game.” While the first part of the statement remains true the second … Read More
