No indecision
Sir: Politicians, newspapers and all TV channels seem to be unanimous in asserting that the electoral decision is Indecisive.
It seems to me that this assertion is false; that the electorate has given a very clear answer indeed. In total, it :as said that it does not like any of the ,xickages of policies with which it was presented.
(I) There was a strong anti-socialist vote; only approx. eleven million against approx eighteen million Tory/Lib.
(2) There was a strong anti-Tory, party vote: again, only eleven million against the combined Lab/Lib vote. • (3) There was an even stronger anti-Liberal vote; it is unnecessary to repeat the figures.
The package that would have won the election quite decisively for whoever adopted it would have been as follows:
(1) Common Market referendum (and no slanted questions either) (2) The inclusion of Mr Enoch Powell in the Government.
(3) The drastic curtailment of the Government's issue of money.
(4) Slightly higher taxation.
(5) Food subsidies as before we joined the Common Market.
(6) Government loans for mortgages tc accelerate the building of houses.
Some scheme to link extra taxation directly with the mortgage loans could be worked out with the government thus acting as a building society. For instance, a taxpayer could pay part of his tax into a Government mortgage scheme and get his money back as the recipients repaid their mortgages. He would not get any interest on his money since whatever interest the house buyer paid would be swallowed up by administrative costs (it would not be very high or the whole purpose of the scheme would fail). Also, his money would depreciate in value, since presumably inflation (albeit at a lower rate) is bound to continue. Nevertheless, the less well-off would be enabled to buy a house, since the scheme would be limited to those of lower income.
M. Lavender 308 Pensby Road, Pensby, Wirral, Cheshire.
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