24 MAY 1968, page 29

The Case For An Election Now

Sir: Rarely has the SPECTATOR, even under its present regime, which has gone a long way already -towards making it an organ of ill- thought-through views, lent itself to so many......

After The Fall

Sir: The language of Mr Barton-Armstrong's letter of 17 May (as Dicey once said of Black- stone) 'is impressive. . . . It has but one fault; the statements it contains are the......

Russia's Navy

Sir: Will someone please tell me why almost every present-day writer on naval matters must be so intellectually , timid? Professor Martin, in his article concerning Russia's......

Sir: The Labour Party And The Government Would Doubtless Be

well content if the party were decimated at the next election (your leader of 17 May). That would mean, if decimation means anything at all, a loss of fewer than forty seats.......

A Case Of Human Sacrifice

Sir: B. J. Hurren's letter (17 May) is convinc- ing so far as supersonic flights originating in Britain are concerned. Will he now make his Bc, CD' calculations for ssrs......

Sir: In The Light Of Mr Hurren's 'simple Ex- Planation'

(Letters, 17 May) of sonic boom problems, it would be amusing to speculate on the future pattern of international airline routes: Australia could be approached, we are told, at......

Sir: Who Exactly Is This Other Mr Wilson, Whom His

friend Mr Skeffington-Lodge describes (Letters,. 19 April) as having competence, courage, kindness, steady nerves and loyalty to friends? Surely this type of man is Prime Minis-......

Immigration

Sir: Mr Swanton (Letters, 10 May) shoul4 know that it is as absurd to condemn s porters of Mr Powell's arguments because some hooligans have assaulted innocent Indians and......