24 JUNE 1995, page 29

Sir: In His Article On The Armed Forces' Atti- Tude

to homosexuals, Alasdair Palmer makes the extraordinary assertion that `doctors and priests are not bound by the usual requirements of confidentiality and are required to report......

Sir: In His Article On The Exclusion Of Homo- Sexuals

from the armed services, Alasdair Palmer states that 'many of the greatest fighters and commanders have been experi- enced homosexuals: Alexander the Great Plutarch evidently......

Sir: I Genuinely Fail To Understand How John Ware's Article

will be allowed to go unchal- lenged. Forgive me if I am pessimistic that this rebuttal will ever be published, let alone receive the coverage that Mr Ware's did, but then the......

Sir: Alasdair Palmer's Article On Gays In The Armed Forces

was superb, the best demoli- tion of the military's case I've yet read. It makes up for all the homophobic drivel from Paul Johnson and Auberon Waugh that Spectator readers have......

Lee And Myra

Sir: John Ware, in his powerful and pas- sionate article (The politics of parole', 17 June), leaves us in no doubt about the hum- bug of the claim that any decision reached......

Rearguard Action

Sir: Alasdair Palmer quotes my views ('Prejudices on parole', 10 June) on the undesirability of allowing homosexuals in the armed services, but he then goes on to say, 'As far......