19 DECEMBER 1958, Page 18

PLATFORM NINE

S1R,—In his article 'Ward Politics' (Spectator, Novem- ber 21) our worthy friend Taper has wished upon the Minister of Health a most awful fate—lo doss down on Platform Nine at King's Cross during el particularly busy excursion weekend': he is in fact inviting the Rt. Hon. Gentleman to commit suicide; that is, to la.y himself upon the track, for there is alas, no Platform Nine at that station!—Your faithfully,