THE PRESS GANG

Workers Press no. 928, 23 November 1972 · scan page 9

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Sir Paul Bryan, the late and unlamented junior minister at the Department of Employment, has been quick to reenter business activities. Having been dropped from Heath's ministry, Bryan is now free to take up as many directorships as he likes.

His first is with Granada Television, run by Labour peer Lord Bernstein.

Bryan's claims to this appointment are sound. From 1965 until 1970 he was the Tories' front-bench spokesman on the Post Office and With the re-allocation of TV licences shortly to be decided, Bryan will no doubt be able to give valuable advice to Bernstein.

The 'paras' have a truly interDr Carel De Wett, South Africa's new ambassador to Britain, will have a turbulent stay in this country.

His past utterances make him one of the most 'controversial' apartheid supporters ever to take a diplomatic post abroad.

Only a few months ago he was dropped from Vorster's cabinet as a hardliner.

He is on record as saying that existing laws in South Africa, which carry mandatory death penalties, are 'too mild'. Recently a criminal prosecution was taken against him, but all the details of this action have not yet been revealed. It is no surprise that the Fleet Street Press fell over itself welcoming De Wett and his family last week. Press do you get ta good Press'? you're the police force it's done very Simply.

Things haven't been going too well in that particular department of late. So the first thing to do is visit the various newspaper offices and talk to the proprietors, the editors and some of their senior henchThis is the newlyappointed Metropolitan Police Commissioner Robert Mark has been doing over the past few months. He has frankly explained the problem of poor morale and asked for more 'sympathetic' coverage of his men's activities.

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