Independence in Publication

Abstract

MR. ARTHUR BRYANT once told a story which is typical, one hopes, of the sturdy independence of the British people. A dock strike was on, and enormous lorries were going in and out with impressive notices “By the authority of H.M. Government”, or “By permission of the T.U.C.”. Among them was a tiny donkey cart, driven by a little old man with a bashed-in bowler: on the cart was a notice “By my own bloody authority”.