20 NOVEMBER 1971, page 20

Sir: Since I Wrote My Letter (october 30) Supporting Mr

Douglas Brown's case for the establishment of the long-planned Council of Ireland, the Northern Irish MPs have voted 10-2 against the Treaty of Rome and so, unlike our own MPs,......

Birching Boys

Sir; The morality of a pseudoindependent 'tax-evasion' island state in the Irish Sea within sight of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish coasts is doubtful. Several political......

No Consent, No Entry

Sir: In your article' No consent, no entry' (November 6), you made no reference to the large pro-Market vote in the House of Lords. This vote seems to me important and......

Sir: Having Read Your Article Entitled 'no Consent, No...

(November 6), I find your argument hard to follow. You suggest that there is no reason for the Government to lose office by going to the country and that.the only other method......

Bradford Charade

Sir: Dr Hansford-Miller (November 6) is absolutely right, but it is unlikely that universities will change. The arrogance and selfsatisfaction that characterise most of the......

Waugh Bashing

Sir: Mr Slater (November 6) suggests that were Mr J. B. Priestley to ". . . cross polemical swords with Mr Waugh . . . He would make mincemeat of him." I am sure that mincemeat......

Sir: Such Is The Power Of Auberon Waugh's Pen (november

6), that he cannot even make a decent job of being bitchy. His review of My novel Onward Virgin Soldiers was like something from a fifth form buffoon. How can a criaic expect to......

Militant Liberals

Sir: Having falsely accused me of 0 " fiveford to tenfold" exaggeration of black South African infant mortality rates (Letters, October 9), Dr J. L. Insley has nos' r resorted......