Sin,--Mr. J. E. S. Simon shows amazing ignorance of Conservatism.
He states: 'Conservatism is about opportunity, and therefore about liberty, and there- fore about order.'
Ignoring these non sequiturs, has Mr. Simon for- gotten that Conservative opportunity refuse&the right for a newcomer to enter the road-haulage industry
where there is an existing operator and that the Conservatives attempted with the Shops Bill to deprive consumers of the opportunity to shop when they wished?
-Conservative liberty means the exiling or arresting of colonial politicians without trial or charge. Con- servative liberty also means Crichel Down arid thug- gery towards hecklers at their meetings.
Conservative order means ignoring an impartial report on conditions in Nyasaland for administrative convenience and the setting up of marketing boards to control the amount of horticultural and milk pro- duction and permitting them to be prosecutors and judges in their own cause.
If Mr. Simon really believes in opportunity, liberty and order, the liberal Party is his home—not the Conservative Party.--Yours faithfully,
PAUL L. ROSE
'Dattecroft,' Osborne Road, Little Heath, Potters Bar, Mddx
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