SIR,—After all that has recently been said in these columns
regarding the old school tie in general, and government by Old Etonians in particular, 'surely the choice of the following six Socialist candidates in pending by-elections is equally significant : (1) a prosperous solicitor, (2) secretary of the Fabian Society, (3) an earl's daughter, (4) barrister—Rugby, Cambridge and Oxford, (5) wealthy publisher, Westminster and Cambridge, (6) Co-operative Wholesale Society nominee. Altogether a resounding victory for BBC English, nice manners and the old school tie, and, as has been remarked, 'enough to make a trade union boss wring his calloused hands' Anyhow, with the Socialist movement so obviously on its way to the 'U' millennium, perhaps Messrs. Hollis and Wood, with Captain Kerby, may be pre- pared to withdraw, or revise, their indictment of Etonian-ridden Tory governments.
And with an ever-increasing number of Labour politicians and trade union leaders somehow con- triving to send their children to public schools, whilst (so very prudently) advocating 'comprehensive' herd- ing in State institutions for the offspring of their regular customers—well, the outlook for Mr. Wood's cherished renaissance of homely spoken technicians would appear to be gloomy indeed. Alas for poor Keir Hardie! —the `U's have it!—Yours faithfully, W. E. KAYE 2 Mount Terrace, York, Yorks
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