SIR,—While agreeing with Angus Maude's article in general, there is
one pretty basic fallacy in the .article which needs to be pointed out. Mr. Maude states his belief in the 'basic soundness' of the
`British people's political instincts' and states that Stanley Baldwin was one Premier who acted on these. Although Mr. Maude states that his later years should be ignored, is it not true that the British people's attitude to foreign policy, and Ger- many in particular, was slothful and short-sighted during all his terms of office?
Thus it would appear that the British people can be mistaken in their attitude to one branch of the political sphere at a given time, and I would suggest their present apparent attitude to the trade unions may be equally short-sighted and invidious in a more subtle way as their attitude to Europe in the early 'thirties.
DAVID MORRISON
2 South View, East Denton. Newcastle upon Tyne. 5
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