Bell's future

kaa oPherson's article on I °IRonald Bell (June 3) ttiisat service in calling atAothe plight of a politicaln sticks to his principles. iieldanstituent who has adIta", Worked for him for 's I know at first hand 11:8 Persecution to which ne,en subjected in con1. his opposition to the 1y ark The ii8Bery ill Which Central Office III the status of sitting the new Beaconsfield le3Y has been more than the venomous camarts'„ad misrepresentation of officials, among whom • 4 I have yet to hear tY' to these people means tp„ loyalty to Edward '`aase Ronald Bell places la his principles and his. II, interests, as he sees 'ore loyalty to an art leader, leader, he has Int to the brink of SOt. la and probably the end laguished career in the torir?„tion of the condition of s7Y. The individualist is kb,'°r colour. Our history 'e been very different had

I's been the case.

Churchill twice crossed but the House during his ..oc „ a hve yet to hear to "se him of disloyalty — antry.

Bernard Leigh Morton ‘-ottage, Taplow, Bucks. roll %eat often, nowadays, that 0 • ky ad an article which sup

end ilp fri Mr Ronald Bell, and

to me, this indicates change in the English keLI hope it is not as real

til is for Ronald Bell is the V

010 De Of man one could find I" .-aacting job. He puts the 59 w his constituents before it al,..he works very hard and

1 'aYs been ready to help .1,sroblem. Above all, he is

itk . 4' honest I am proud to erl 4t1 f h' will 0 is.

' realise that I, who was h of the selection commit

t otose him as prospective kie candidate in 1948, rinted to read Mr Hugh ifs°h's article in the Spec s 41,1e 3. The present cornthe Party in Beaconsfield st. `"r-. nim, but, even there, (0 5othe stalwarts who real'41-11, but it is to be hoped 4 Ittliir11), 00 sense will prevail and ,,,,suald Bell will continue to k"'ri, • The objection to him is solted against the Governthe question of entry into October 28, 1971. Howti 'hatter should never have Ily.sett„ased in Parliament. -,'„ the terms of entry could iok;'ed but not actual entry. "(In for this is that the tilk -Y made two pledges 1: 0 o•that • Lk it would do no more Ni ttas terms of entry so it of Red to have another elect: referendum to see if it

Mandate to take us in.

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Europe unless the terms were good and there was a whole-hearted desire on the part of the people for entry. The terms are completely unacceptable. Actually, only 35 per cent of the people and only 59 per cent of MPs want to join. These are derisive figures especially after the pledges given, though the Government took it as a great victory. "As processed as peas" is an The Government was put into power by the people who believed that it would keep its pledges. ... Is it not a very shocking thing that, of 330 Tory MPs, only fifteen are prepared to keep to the pledges which they and the party gave. Is it not still more shocking that these gallant fifteen should be hounded by a pack of wolves. At the last meeting of the old South Bucks Conservative Association, the chairman, Colonel Lapraik, praised Mr Bell to the skies as a first-class MP. Ronald Bell had then to leave in answer to a three line whip. As soon as he had gone, Colonel Lapraik tore the absent MP to shreds and said that he had organised a petition calling for Mr Bell's resignation. Mr Heath said on page 27 of 'Make Life Better' in 1968 that .politicians must trust the people. Why does he not do so now — they are generally right. He should cooperate with, but not join, Europe. Thus, we shall gain something and lose nothing and, at the same time, keep Britain strong and master of its own fate while Mr Heath will be able to be an honest man. Ronald Bell and his fourteen gallant friends have sign-posted the path of honesty and common sense and the people insist that the 'Government shall follow it. Mr Heath would do well to remember that he is the servant of the public, not its master. and that he is not paid to destroy Britain.

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