17 JULY 1959, Page 22

SIR,—If Mr. Marris is really as true a radical as

he claims to be, the wonder is that he can still possibly remain a supporter of the Labour Party. In all essentials the Labour Party is now indistinguishable from the Tories and, indeed, at times outdoes them in clinging to outworn ideas, attitudes and policies. Nor is this surprising in a party largely financed and supported by one of the country's largest and most conservative vested interests.

On defence and the H-bomb, on Euro- pean unity and on the urgent necessity for parliamentary and electora.1 reform, to name but a few issues, the only coherent radical opposition to the Government comes from the Liberal Party.—Yours faithfully, P. A. LUSHER Elmcroft, 58 Worrin Road, Shenfield, Essex