Time-lag
From the Hon. Terence Prittie
Sir: Having just returned from a trip abroad, I read Lord Gordon Walker s kind review of my biography of WillY Brandt with interest and gratitude. Could I perhaps draw attention to ore short passage in it? This was, "He Pe discovery of the spy, Brandt's nosifi author) does not explain that, before th was under strong attack. He was held _e responsible for the bad showing of tn.,. party in a number of Land elections, •": was widely said that Brandt was on the, this... ."
way out. The author seems unaware or
Perhaps Lord Gordon Walker is unaware of the time-lag between finishing the writing of a book, and its pubic tion. The Land elections to which he refers were very easily spanned by that time-lag, and publishers — under con:, tinuous pressure from printing an,"",', other unions — cannot offer authors the option of perpetually changing the texts of their books. tat Lord Gordon Walker refers too,, the fact that I have supported parties in countries other than my OW 0' socialis Well, industrial disputes are killing bott;. _ the printing and publishing trades Ir! Britain. That is one reason why the te% ._," of my book could not be revised in tr,c
manner which both Lord Gordon Walker and I would approve. And that is a very basic reason why I cannot supPort a British Labour Party which has so far refused to induce the trade unions to review their lunatic structure, rules and Philosophy.
Terence Prittie 15 Uxbridge Street, London W8
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