The face of Torvism

ONE of Mr Enoch Powell's most fervent supporters is Mr John Hollick de la Taste Tickell, the 35-year-old squire of Whittlesford, Cambridge and landlord of the Tickell Arms.

Another of Squire Tickell's peculiarities is the buckled shoes and 18th century kneebreeches he wears while pulling ale for clientele.

Not that the squire is odd. They just do that kind of thing out in Whittlesford, Camb. However, even out in that neck of the woods the writ of the dreaded Race Relations Board runs-—and Mr de la Tasts Tickell (or is it just plain Squire Tickell) seems to have got on the wrong side of it.

The incident for which he has been reported occured, he says, when 'a Trinidadian fellow' arrived late for lunch at his pub with a white girl.

'He said something to me. I told him that if he did not like the way England was run he could go back to his own country. But this was no more than I would have told a Scotsman or an Australian in similar circumstances What is Merrie Englande coming to when a landlord's witty quips (in his own public house, too) can be reported to the Race Relations Board?

Why, some people are even saying that Squire Tickell should be deported . . . back the 18th century where he belongs.

BUT for all Squire Tickell's support, Mr Enoch Powell wouldn't have got very far without the solid resources of the Tory Party behind him. And here, the resources are really are solid.

Even more interesting than their solidarity is their source.

No doubt the landed gentry, like Squire Tickell, do their bit for the party, but the real heavy brigade where finance is concerned are the boards of the big companies.

Last year, 433 firms between them contributed just over £l million to the Tory Party and associated employers' associations:

£544,000 went direct to the Tory Party, £302,000 went to the British United Industrialists (anti-nationalization body) £63,000 went to the Economic League and the poverty-stricken Aims of Industry organization was left with a mere £29,000.

Not surprisingly a good proportion of this money came from the banks. 20 banking and discount firms (including Enoch Powell's oWn stamping-ground, the National Discount Corporation) contributed £136,000 to these worthy causes.

One thing is for sure.

However much it applauds Wilson's attacks on the working class, big business remains loyal to its own party.

The Tory Party remains the party of big business.

MOTORS PAGE FOUR CRISIS WORKERS' PRESS November 1, 1969