20 JULY 1996, Page 24

Three other things

Sir: Paul Johnson claims that no major post-war event like nationalisation or decolonisation was contained in an elec- toral manifesto (And another thing, 13 July). Not so. In 1945 Labour came to power pledged both to large-scale national- isation and Indian independence.

Robert Davies

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