Letter from London

The Makings of Right-Wing Defeat

Two items of news greeted Mr. Macmillan when he returned from his Commonwealth tour—the Rochdale by-election and Mr. Sandys’ second White Paper on defense; not, of course, that Mr. Sandys’ views on defense were new to him, nor can the Rochdale result have been much of a surprise unless the Government is confined even more rigorously to its ivory tower than some of us suppose.