8 SEPTEMBER 2001, page 30

Women And The Tories

From Mrs Katie Grant Sir: Peta Buscombe ('Sometimes it's hard to be a Tory woman', 1 September) appears to think it enough to trot out that tired old Tory canard that women......

From Mr Alistair Cooke Sir: At Michael Heseltine's...

Buscombe came to see me at Conservative Central Office in the early 1990s when I was running the Conservative Political Centre (CPC) — now renamed (unnecessarily) the......

Old Hat From Duncan Smith

From Mr John Bourn Sir: I am growing weary of reading claims in the right-wing press that lain Duncan Smith has put forward 'fresh new ideas' for improving the public services.......

Socialism Means Dictatorship

From Mr Oleg Gordievsky Sir: In the discussion about socialism and liberalism (Letters, 1 September), one important point ought not to be forgotten. The most central and......