22 OCTOBER 1965, Page 11

The Troubles of Mr. Heath

SIR,—Alan Watkins says that Mr. Edward Heath's poor first speech as Tory Leader in the Commons, his premature dismissal of the National Plan ,and• his tete-a-tete with Tixier-Vignancour are all 'rightly being forgotten.' Why should they?

TONY HEATH

Prospective Liberal candidate, Mitcham 9 Birkheads Road, Reigate, Surrey