KEIR HARDIE
read with interest that Mr. Blake considers that those Conservatives who idolise Disraeli are liable to find themselves the slaves of antique shibboleths and an outworn creed.' Perhaps he would agree with me that Sir. Robert Peel, whom Disraeli treated so abominably, or his, far more flamboyant disciple Gladstone, whom Sir Philip Magnus has so vividly shown preserved many Conservative nos- talgias, is a more suitable .political example for the Young Conservative of today to follow. Or would not the distinguished author of The Unknown Prime Minister be prepared to go so far?
The idea, I must confess, came into my head after recalling certain remarks made by Mr. Blake, which struck me as having a highly congenial Gladstonian ring about them, but which idolisers of Disraeli would hardly appreciate, on the Christian Democratic parties in Europe in a recent number of the Spectator.—Yours faithfully,
NEVILLE MASTERMAN
Bath House, 2 Norton Road, Westcross, Swansea
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