15 OCTOBER 1977, Page 19

The two who made it

Sir: I trust Nicholas Davenport will not be annoyed, if I remind him, Peter Jay and James Callaghan that Moses did not lead the Children of Israel into the Promised Land. On the contrary, of the host standing with him gazing across Jordan's stream, only two were destined to enter the Land of Promise. These were of course Caleb and Joshua, who were the Leaders of the Opposition, Leonard H. Pendlebury 24 Sidford House, Hercules Road, London SE1