As I Look Ahead, I

It Is One Of History's Most Mocking Ironies That The German Customs Union, Which Set Out To Dominate Europe And Conquer Britain In The Form Of Bismarckian Or Hitlerian Military Force, Has At Last Vanquished The Victor By Drawing Britain Into A Zollverein Which Comprises Western Europe And Aspires To Comprise The Mediterranean As Well. If The Ghosts Of The Hohenzollerns Come Back To Haunt This Planet, They Must Find A Lot To Laugh At.

I Do Not Keep A Diary. Never Have. To Write A Diary Every Day Is Like Returning To One's Own Vomit.

The Prime Minister, Shortly After She Came Into Office, Received A Sobriquet As The 'iron Lady'. It Arose In The Context Of Remarks Which She Made About Defence Against The Soviet Union And Its Allies; But There Was No Reason To Suppose That The Right Honourable Lady Did Not Welcome And, Indeed, Take Pride In That Description. In The Next Week Or Two This House, The Nation And The Right Honourable Lady Herself, Will Learn Of What Metal She Is Made.

Virtually The Entire Inflow Was Therefore Asiatic, And All But Three Or Four Thousand Of That Inflow Originated From The Indian Subcontinent... It Is By 'black Power' That The Headlines Are Caught, And Under The Shape Of The Negro That The Consequences For Britain Of Immigration And What Is Miscalled 'race' Are Popularly Depicted. Yet It Is More Truly When He Looks Into The Eyes Of Asia That The Englishman Comes Face To Face With Those Who Will Dispute With Him The Possession Of His Native Land.

Lift The Curtain And 'the State' Reveals Itself As A Little Group Of Fallible Men In Whitehall, Making Guesses About The Future, Influenced By Political Prejudices And Partisan Prejudices, And Working On Projections Drawn From The Past By A Staff Of Economists.