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FOLLOW IKE VICTORY IN 1956

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ON THE

RECORD OF THE ADMINISTRATION

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1954.

ON THE RED PERIL

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REPUBLICAN

ELEPHANT

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"Why should we take any notice of Ike?

He's just a soldier we pul iri as President. He don't know anything about politics. He should leave polllics to those that understand politics cow'S AMERICAN SENATOR.

PARTING OF THE WAYS

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House Of Commons

Crazy Gang

Its

TOT very far from the

N

thlying

House of Commons

in the Victoria

Palace, set in the

traflic of Victoria

By

Statiem. It does not, how. g, that the

BEVERLEY BAXTER

doctor

Air

the was consideration of ever, bear resemblance in undoubtedly a Conservative Ministry Estimates. Under

but

a Secretary Was

the patient character or appearance to Socialist und it was the those other palaces of St James and Buckingham. patient who did the stuffing. is, in fact, a huge music hall

This caused much laughter and everyone agreed that the Tories had scored. But the fun had only begun.

George Wari. brother to the Earl of Dud. ley, gave a survey of Bri. tain's strength and Britain's problems in the air.

At 5 o'clock the Govern- ment Chief Whip decides to play his only remaining trump. He would move the closure of the debate. This

and as there were only four would end the discussion, Socialists in the place, the supporters Government would carry it easily in the Lobbles.

A But there was one snag. In the next war we shall

have * have fighter aircraft flying closure motion must at 700 miles an hour. Pre minimum of 100 votes in sup- sumably the enemy planes port of it. The Tories in atten- would be equally swift. So if they fought a duel and

noment were

For the last six years or so the Victoria Palace has be- prospered exceedingly cause of what is known {1:

at that dance These The Crazy Gang."

about 70. Wereupon the Whips' are a collection of London's

Oce went Into action. MP's most popular comics. They Mrs Barbara Castie, an missed exch other they

aleeping peacefully at home in are quite unpredictable, attractive but rather bad would probably be a hundred their beds were summoned by Practical jokes are played,

miles apart before they could phone to Westminster, and neither the audience

turn. In fact the whole porters in West End Clubs were nor the comedians are quite

picture was like madman's seni to sure of what will happen

dream.

next.

tempered Socialist blonde, wanted to know why one of her colleagues had put down a question about a hospital in Mrs Custle's constituency. and would the Speaker rule

Sleepy

21 wife might

to

brenk the news slumbering Tory members. But the worst was yet to Fortunately all British MP's lives Therefore, it is with some the question out of order? come in the Crazy Gang lend completely virtuous

be diffidence that I make the The Speaker said that he performance. By 9.30 in the otherwise suggestion that there are would not. Whereupon Mrs evening it looked as if the suspicious at dawn when asked times when the House of Castle swept out of the debate would probably end on the phone where Commons seems determined Chamber in what is known around 10 p.m. Most of the band is, to put on a rival perform as high dudgeon. ance to its near neighbour in Victoria Street.

The House has many the theatre. qualities of Tragedy, comedy, sentiment, irony, passion, boredom, glamour, unexpectedness... These are the background to our debates. Generation after generation of politi dians strut the stage until destiny, or the years, pro. nounce sentence: "Out, out brief candle ("

can

Socialists had drifted home- wards and there were not However, the last ques more than fifty Tories in tion on the order paper was debate and the House was one that was certain to re-obviously ready to call it a assembled store the dignity of the

day. ancient assembly. A parti-

her hus-

At 6.30 the Government

had

a voting force exactly

were 09. They shorti And still the four

of the most

of

one

So-

ΟΠ

ironic

many years.

But at 7 o'clock the

was up.

One more Tory

wicked

Was