4 MAY 1985, Page 24

Sir: When I opened my Spectator (27 April) this morning

I said: 'My God, the Australians have moved in at last, it's like the bloody New Statesman.' I then saw the first paragraph of Colin Welch's article.

C. C. Spicer Churchtown, Michaelstow, St Tudy,

Bodmin, Cornwall