6 JUNE 1970, Page 9

From the hustings

'Under Winston Churchill's leadership the British people were able to win the war with lower taxation than the present Labour government needs to survive in peacetime.' (Mr Edward Heath) 'I wish you'd belt up, mate.' (The Prime Minister, to a heckler) 'You will never find me using language about coloured people which causes them to be assaulted in the street . .. The same cannot be said about Mr Powell's speeches.' (Mr Quintin Hogg) 'But bad as we are and as good as they think they are, we are a damned sight better than they are—as bad as we are.' (Mr George Brown) 'Whichever side wins will inherit a situation much worse than in 1964.' (Lord Cromer, former Governor of the Bank of England) '—Hold it! Let's just see if you've got everything sir: bow of burning gold, chariot . of fire, arrows of desire