5 AUGUST 1966, page 12

The Abortion Bill

Sets,—The now lengthy correspondence on abortion appears to turn upon the status different writers assign to the foetus. Is abortion 'invariably murder,' as one writer put it,......

Selling Britain Short

SIR,—Mr George Booth, your correspondent of July 29, is welcome to banish stones and fathoms, but we should keep knots. A knot is one nautical mile per hour, and a nautical mile......

The Case For Devaluation En G

.-I O From : Sir Cyril Osborne, MP, Paul Derrick, E. E. Reynolds, C. L. Manton, Mrs Isabel C. Amer, Richard Worcester, Dr Malcolm Potts, M. Vaughan, Colm Brogan, Cyril Ray,......

Sir,—it Seems To Me That Mr Quentin De La Bedoyere

deceives himself with his own jargon. Of course abor- tion is not murder, because the non-viable foetus is not a human being. It is only a potential human being, and meanwhile,......

A Case Of Extravagance?

SIR,—As a British taxpayer, at present resident in South Africa—and one who buys British whenever possible, to help the British export trade—I write to express astonishment and......

What Alternative ?

SIR,—Those who like myself are not committed to any political party, are puzzled at the lack of any clear lead from the Opposition parties on how our economic problems can be......

Sir,—you Argue That The Devaluation Of The Pound In Terms

of dollars is the wisest course to adopt in the situation in which we find ourselves; but is not there also a strong case for devaluing the dollar in terms of gold? This would......

Who Killed The Tsr2?

SIR,—Mr Thorneycroft in his review of my book challenged one technical point and as Julian Amery raised the same point in his review perhaps you will allow me to clear it up. I......