Sir: If those by-election results mean 'anything they mean the
impending doom of Edward Heath. Like a demented general ture...i.;ug phantom armies he will no doubt continue to boast that he has the wholehearted supporL oi jority of the nation for everything he does in defiance of constitutional propriety, parliamentary democracy and common sense. Scornful as always of his fellowmen, he has succumbed to the Napoleonic delusion of " What are the lives (or votes) of a few million electors to a man like me?" Notts verrons.
J. D. Godber 22 Sandcross Lane, Reigate From Sir John Waller Sir: I thought this might amuse you. I wrote it a week ago as a matter of tact, after a £50 bet on Taverne with Ladbrokes! On the Lincoln by-e;ecizon Trying to lick sad Wilson's feet Labour now has lost this seat; Lincoln thus brings Labour down With still a Taverne in the town. Let all sing this righteous ditty For Honest Dick of Lincoln City. John Waller 99 The Grove. Isleworth, Middlesex PS: I write these political poems to make my bets pay off. I'm psychic.
PPS: My next will be on Roy Jenkins becoming head of the Labour Party.
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