25 MARCH 1989, Page 25

Sir: Two and a half cheers for A. N. Wilson.

He is denied the full complement because it has taken ten years to grasp the elementary truth about Thatcherism.

Three whole cheers for The Spectator. This may seem excessive for having printed as a daring revelation what has been for so long the common currency of enlightened discourse. But these are proleptic cheers, anticipating your complete conversion to progressive principles. Those of us who take The Spectator only because the poor old Statesman is in a condition of terminal illiteracy now look forward to reading you for content as well as style. Piers Brendon

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