3 DECEMBER 1994, Page 40

Ludo's law

Sir: However much they may be tempted, I hope it is many years before his children push Ludovic Kennedy off his perch (Let- ters, 26 November). He makes such a use- ful touchstone: whenever I am in two minds about a question of social policy, I have only to ask myself what position KenneclY would adopt to know that the opposite stance is the ethically and morally correc.t one. (In politics, this works equally well II one substitutes Sir Edward Heath.) Chris Smith

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