6 DECEMBER 1957, Page 17

GAD, SIR,—Mr. Maude is quite right. The last thing we

want today is a lot of sensible people in Par- liament. After all, the world can, blow itself up at a moment's notice. Let's fill the House of Commons with 'honest, unstatesmanlike, bigoted clots' who can invade Egypt and withdraw from it every week, who can shout 'God for Harold, England (it's great) and Selwyn Lloyd' as they make new enemies and lose old friends. There's no chance of our being sensible or moderate so long as our MPs remember to behave always like Conservatives who are Tories. Incidentally, what is Mr. Julian Amery?---YoUrs faithfully,