The competition is one of a number of events to celebrate 75 years of Irish radio. The defects of democracy are never so prominent as during its ultimate expression in a general election. In the campaign now begun in the United Kingdom, we are already faced with the tissue of half-truth, blatant falsehood and selective presentation of facts. Television, by compressing the debate, concentrates its faults and, by introducing spurious dramatics, disguises its superficiality.
Morality is nowhere.
The outcome of the contest on June 7 may well be decided by those who decline to vote. That is not to say that given the evidence of the polls, a Conservative victory can be seriously entertained. But a surprise result, one which would reduce the Labour majority to two figures, is not to be excluded. The statue of King Stephen on the Castle Hill in old Buda. His baptism 1,000 years ago sealed Hungary's place in Christendom.