27 NOVEMBER 1976, Page 19

Sir: In your leading article: 'And if he is perfectly

correct in saying that the engine of our most recent inflation was the creation of Mr Heath's government, he is surely unfair to disregard the possibility that the present Conservative leadership has learned nothing from that experience . .

The emphasis is mine. The unconscious irony is, 1 hope, yours.

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