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For nine centuries, since William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings, the English Channel has stood as the "moat defensive'' between Britain and her foes, between the "blessed plot" and the "envy of less happier lands." Today, Paris-London jets pass over the Channel tides in three...
With her ties to the U.S. and the multiracial Commonwealth, Britain's adherence to the Continent is the free world's best hope that Europe will evolve instead into a liberal, outward-looking community committed for the foreseeable future to the Western Alliance.
For his current Brussels safari, the Lord Privy Seal* hand-picked a high-echelon band of astute and experienced civil servants. Headed by Sir Pierson Dixon, Britain's ambassador in Paris, they are known as "the Flying Knights" because of their titles and breathless commuting between capitals. With their...
One argument that has rattled on in Britain since Henry VIII is that Britain should not associate with predominantly Roman Catholic Western Europe; the Free Church of Scotland has specifically warned members against the sinister "web of Rome." Another criticism of British membership is that under Common Market guarantees of...
The Saskatchewan plan to which the doctors objected was fathered by former Premier T. C. ("Tommy") Douglas, who, as leader of Canada's only Socialist provincial government for 17 years until last year, pioneered the continent's most far-reaching public health services. In 1946, Douglas inaugurated medical...