Rolb Royce certainly has come down in the world. This once great mandfacturer of cars, by appoint. ment to the capitalivt claas around the globe, in the course of one week lus wes itelf nut us on the auction block and then withdrawn because of a lack o meetet, Chen cold-shouldered ty ihe stock marker. and finally reduced to the status of a well-kicked pobitical football Fortunately someone who is still the right side of solvency retained a measure of loyalty to this symbol of faded capitalist glory — the generous intervention of N.M. Rothschild &. Sons saved this stageering giant Tramr sul archaer conbarrassing lall uur it was not only RollsRoyce's image that emerged from the events of last week rather tarnishied. Aatbony Wedg wood Benn. sel-procaubed crusder lor workerr rights, was abe left with his wenk flank exposed to public view.
PUBLICITY It all started when Bean sallied forth to publicly nomind prospective investors of official Labour Party policy to 'renationalise without compensation public a3501s wanch are sold oll by the present govemment Perfectly reasonable of course: just a public spirited Four hundred people from all parts of the murn possinle ettect on the actual coure of events because Rothschild had already lined up various City bletcus to taco a toe shares that were nor pacca Ds application. So Tony was able to pet his pictuni in the paper without in any way interfering in the carve up of Rolb Royce. A love fot the limelight coupled with an equally doep passion for irrelevance have long buen QUEs Orme TaCOur ICT If things had stopped there Tony micht have been able to wash his hands of the matter and walk away from the fray with another feather in his cap, even better prepared for his nest heroie struerle with the capitalst octupus Unfortunately shis amali comment evoked positive hysteria - predictubly from thé ranks of the Tones, but also from within the ranks of Labour MPs (whose proletarian image might suffor from the acquisition of a Roll Royse car, but could Casus wote toe purchase ora aco supe QEas maker). At the same time Harold Wison, obviousis Inghteied at the prospect of a future Labour governmont laving to justily its activities in teams of Tony Dean's press releases, decided that the time had come to bring same order into the chaos SPECIAL MEETING Accordingly, a special meeting of the shadow cabiner was convened and after a 27 hour debate, Mr. Wilson issued a 'claritying statement Like most such 'car) fications its effcct was to thoroughily confuse thins He reassuteu Rols new shareholders that the labour Party would not deprive them of their property without compensation, and that Wedgwood Benn had, abolished because 'a separate women's organisation was no longer necesary!. Homosexunity was outlawed, virginity was extolled. abortions were made difficult to obtain and motherhood was celebrated. Marta Loftus admitted that the nuclear family was still the have two jobs, one in the home and one out side it. Male chauvinism remains unchallenged. What she farled to explain was why fifty yeas