23 FEBRUARY 1974, page 5

Controlling Inflation

Sir: Inflation seems to be the gr ea , l issue of this election. All parties a' against the monster, but the wea,P ° d li c they have chosen to fight it WO not impress me.......

Inflation And The Unions

b.om Lt. Commander Noel Paulley Sir: The trade unions cannot reasonably be held responsible for an inflat ion which has got progressively worse during a period when wages were......

Lities

Sir , May I submit the enclosed jingle in i!PlY to Christopher Hollis's jingle on ,ne Revolt of the Rich in this week's 'ssue5 lo defend Mr Michael Foot's policies , A gainst Mr......

A4ste System?

w age . • • a general attempt to stabilise th e , 8 ' • . to bring the lower paid up to to f 'evel of the better paid. . . doomed te r „ all • . . .murder the spirit of en-......

Rotten Opportunism

Sir: The fallibility of experts, especially political and economic, is notorious. Hence it was not a tremendous surprise to hear your able political correspondent Patrick......

Place In History

Sir: If the history books ever require a nickname for the present administration, may I suggest the 'What I say three times is true' Government. L. A. Partridge 72 Eastfield......

Irish Jokes

Sir: Angus Maude's reference to the current spate of Irish jokes is timely, even if it is ambivalent (does he approve of them or not?). Is the fact that the Southern Irish......

Music To Vote By

Sir: Angus Maude writes in 'A Spectators Notebook (February 9) that when "the shadows of doom darken and hope seems futile" the best recourse is to play the 'Dies irae' from the......