3 NOVEMBER 1984, page 19

Psephology

Sir: Colin Welch is wrong (Centrepiece, 20 October). According to the Oxford Social Studies Centre Labour needs a minimum of 32 per cent of the vote to secure an overall......

Humane Killer

Sir: I don't altogether disagree with the Revd Peter Mullen about capital punish- ment CA moral necessity', 27 October); but if we do restore it, must we go back to hanging?......

Uneconomic Geology

Sir: One point in Mr Heathfield's letter would appear to be potentially very signifi- cant. He writes that Rockingham Colliery was closed, with the agreement of Mr Scargill and......

L'aventure Napoleonienne

Sir: Norman Stone (Books, 11 August) talks about Napoleon as 'Pierre Gaxotte's Action-Francaise Great Leader'. The truth is that L'Action Francaise, and one of its thinkers,......

Tangled

Sir: I am sure your cookery correspondent Jennifer Paterson is wrong about chicory and endive. What she calls chicory (Food, 13 October) is in fact endive and vice versa. This......

Letters

Jimmy Reid's reply Sir: In last week's Spectator Mr Peter Heathfield, secretary of the National Un- ion of Mineworkers, promised 'to correct two glaring errors of fact' in my......

Christopher Fildes Will Resume His Column Next Week.

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