15 APRIL 1989, page 23

Letters

Inflated notions Sir: Noel Malcolm's article on inflationary expectations (Politics, 1 April) is welcome, and expresses a view which is overdue for recognition. It is hard to......

Poisonous

Sir: Mr Baker's reforms are obviously sorely needed: Alexandra Artley's article (Books, 18 March) contains the statement `dioxins (the most poisonous substance known to man)'.......

Saving Faith

Sir: Roy Jenkins was not the first to experience 'Europe' as a religion (Books, 11 March). It began that way. In April 1962 Roy Jenkins persuaded a reluctant Gaitskell to meet......

Telephone Manners

Sir: I cannot resist adding my mite to the avalanche you have invited by publishing (1 April) James Michie on manners (not eti- quette, as your cover misleadingly suggests). He......

Right All Along

Sir: You say that I should have published the leaked DTI report 'at the first oppor- tunity — on Sunday 26 March' (Leading article, 8 April). But I didn't receive a copy of the......

Soviet Fallacies

Sir: Your Portrait of the week (1 April) gives credence to a popular fallacy: that the Soviet elections were a defeat for the Communist Party. They were not; the Soviet Union is......