Pouring Oil On Placid Waters
Sir: I wonder if your newly appointed correspon- dent, Mr Auberon Waugh, might be constrained to reserve his oddities for the features section of the SPECTATOR. His remarks on......
Public Ends And Private Means
Sir: May a fellow member of the Social Services Group of the Monday Club be permitted to com- ment on Mr Alan Smith's letter (22 September)? It may be true that all parties are......
Brain Drain
Sir: Mr Catherwood (13 October) asks whether the prices and incomes policy can face the sharp salary rise needed to pay international rates for our mobile talent. The answer is......
Sir: The Tendency To Draw Misleading Conclusions From...
well illustrated by Mr Nigel Vinson's remarkable statement (Letters, 13 Octo- ber) that 'the chance of being killed by a car on the roads today is one seventh the risk it was in......
Drinking And Driving
LETTERS From Dr George Discombe, D. F. C. Mann, Mrs D. E. Estcourt, G. A. Picot, G. B. H. Wightman, R. L. Travers, Enid Lakeman, George Chowdharay-Best, Dr I. G. M. Hamil- ton,......
Sir: One Wonders What Evidence Auberon Waugh Has For His
statement that 'abstentions, on balance, favour the Tory side.' It may be true, but it does not 'go without saying.' In my own home, at a time when the Conservative government......
Sir: Mr Auberon Waugh Suggests That We Are Educating Too
many scientists. I would go further and suggest that we are giving higher edu- cation to too many people altogether. Some of the 'rude mechanicals' who have been educated at......
Sir: Mr Vinson's Indignation (13 October) Over The...
seems to betray some curious and revealing prejudices. For in- stance. 'Many must be killed through the slower reactions of the over-sixty-fives—then why not ban the elderly......
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