By law, a British Prime Minister is required to go to the people every five years sooner if he thinks the time propitious. The Tories' five-year deadline is next May, but the betting is that Harold Macmillan will call an election in October or November. Reason: he is riding high. Last week a Gallup poll showed the Tories with a 590 edge over Labor, a gain of 2% in the past month.
Macmillan has gained popularity through the Ike-Khrushchev meetingwhich Macmillan supporters credit him with sparkingand has seemingly not been hurt at home by Labor's effective jabs at British colonial...
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