16 MARCH 1974, Page 5

Sir: Further to your stringent observations on Mr Heath (March

9), I Wonder, as a floating voter, if the sorry Position of the Conservative Party has arisen because, whatever his professed allegiance, Mr Heath is certainly not a conservative. He is a progressive, pure !nd simple. That he is also a capitalist tioes not nullify this. Such a position is legitimate. But What both electorate and parliamen:tar), party might ask is whether there is to be a conservative party, or not. Roger Taylor The Vicarage, 17 Maybush Lane, Pelixstowe, Suffolk