20 MARCH 1976, Page 19

Left v Right

Sir: Patrick Cosgrave has maintained on more than one occasion that, under Mrs Thatcher's leadership, the Conservative Party has moved to the right. However, it is noticeable that left-wing candidates continue to hold constituency places while right-wing candidates are still left out in the cold.

It therefore follows that the present 'move to the right' is apparently only superficial and that there will be no fundamental change in direction until the situation which put so many Heath men in positions of power is reversed.

N. Fillmore 27 Avondale Road, Bromley, Kent