25 DECEMBER 1971, page 33

The Irish Mess

Sir: Your November et issue carrie. an article, 'Ireland on the Poto . mac,' by Aram Bakshian, Jr, diatribe on a rather low 'eve against Senator Edward Kenned/ which I did not......

From Stanley Mcmaster, Mp

Sir: A considerable ignorance of the facts is displayed by Mr Tim Pat Coogan (Letters, December 4) in his reference to Irishmen who served in World War II. He makes the......

Sir: Professor Vaizey's Analysis (december 11) Of Ulster...

Wide of the mark. The first point to be made about Ulster is that for the past three years it has been the scene of the most serious and bloody communal tension seen in Western......

Rot-stopping

Sir: May I congratulate Mr Kenneth Hurren on being one of the very few to stop the rot, not for the first time, but now on that infiltration of sanctimonious affectation which......

Unglued

SIR: I used to complain bitterly of your stapling machine when the lone staple fell out and my Spectator disintegrated before my cyes. When you began gluing the pages together......

Tory Opinion

Sir: It was heartwarming to read your description of the earnest antics of the Bow Groupers (Nov ember 13). At the same time however I made a reflection which "let the eternal......

Job No Job

From Lieut-Col H. R. Pelly Sir: According to The Spectator's editorial (November 20) it is often claimed that the scale of unemployment benefits is now so generous that many......