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The article offers information on the policies surrounding the Suez Canal, Egypt which were controlled by Egypt Colonel Gama Abdel Nasser. It states that the policies involved the terms and rates organized by Nasser and accepted by the British government such as the payment of Suez Canal tolls in sterling. It mentions that the Suez Canal's policies also allow Israel to utilize it, however; France is hoping to make plans for the better regulations of the canal.

The article focuses on the symptoms of retrogression appearing in the British Parliament, with the egg thrown to Conservative Sir Herbert Williams and chants asking for the resignation of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

The article discusses the romantic relationship between England's Princess Margaret and World War II hero Royal Air Force (RAF) Captain Peter Woolridge Townsend. According to the author, Townsend had worked as a royal equerry and deputy master of King George VI's household and had often accompanied the royal family to parties and social events. The author reports that Princess Margaret told her sister, Queen Elizabeth, in the summer of 1953 that she wanted to marry Townsend.

The article offers information Great Britain's Quiet Sunday Laws which prohibit sporting events and forbid game shooting, beekeeping demonstrations, and milk deliveries between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. It highlights the attempts of Britons to amend or abolish the laws that also prevents a Briton to buy a toothpaste and have his shoes repaired but may not buy shoelaces. In February 1953, reformers petitioned to change the traditional British Sunday but was rejected.

The article reports that Basil Kingsley Martin, who was the editor since 1931 of "New Statesmen," a weekly journal of opinion in England, was taking a new title after 30 years of service as the editorial director. It mentions that Martin's chosen successor was assistant editor John Freeman who was hired in 1951. Moreover, incoming editor Freeman was planning to engage the magazine in relation with the U.S. due to a vanishing imperialism.

The article offers information on the periodical "Sporting Life." It says that the periodical was founded in 1859 and bought by the Odhams Press Ltd. in 1920, in which among its scopes include horse racing and other gambling sports. It also notes that "Sporting Life" serves as an arbitrator, critic, and tipster in Great Britain's gambling disputes, including an issue between horse-race bettors and their bookies which was held to editor Arthur Bernard (AB) Clements.