21 OCTOBER 1972, page 25

Into Europe

Sir: No one could have been more delighted than myself to read that Sir John Betjeman had been appointed to the post of Poet Laureate. In view of the impending national disaster......

Sir: You Are To Be Congratulated On Your Worthy Editorial

regarding the implications of the Royal Assent to the European Communities Bill. Moreover, what you say is a timely guide as to what attitude those of us who have opposed Market......

From Mrs Nield-smith

Sir: One aspect of the question of whether Britain should accede to the Treaty of Rome (which, incidentally, I have read in English translation), and whether the British people......

Sir: As A Fitting Climax To The Forthcoming 'fanfare For

Europe' celebrations, may I suggest that Mr Heath and his friends assemble on the White Cliffs of Dover, face France, bow three times, join hands and jump off? Norman Henry 29......

Spectator Cartoons

Sir: The small cartoon on your political page (October 7) seems to imply that King Canute believed he had power to stop the rising tide. But surely the object of this......

Sir: Your Cartoon Of Mr Heath At Blackpool Makes One

suspect that despite this seaside gathering of the faithful, it is the big majority of the people of England that really counts. State inflationary policies and feeding "lame......

Political Chess

From Miss B. E. Thomas Sir: I am Tory to the backbone — and it is not an inherited allegiance, as my parents were Liberals — but when I and others with similar opinions......