21 OCTOBER 1972, Page 25

Sir: Your cartoon of Mr Heath at Blackpool makes one

suspect that despite this seaside gathering of the faithful, it is the big majority of the people of England that really counts. State inflationary policies and feeding "lame ducks ' have resulted in uneconomic investment of the people's money by both political parties. "Faith, the only true way to wisdom is through Folly, for I have tried both,' said the sage, but after more than sixty years there seems to be a faint aroma of com mon sense. The next few months will show.

E. A. F. Fenwick Waren House, Waren Mill, Belford, Northumberland.