25 FEBRUARY 1966, Page 13

Morals and rolitics

Stx,--Dizzy wasn't the only sensible one—when Gladstone, as leader of the Liberal party, was as „al to condemn Parnell, he replied: 'What! because a man is called a leader of a party, does that con- stitute him a censor and a judge of faith and morals? I will not accept it. It would make life intolerable.'

DONALD REID

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