Letters in the Press


[This archive covers published letters on a variety of topics and campaigns since the 1970s. Though only the tip of the iceberg in any given campaign, they are a useful contemporary record. Readers can see for themselves the statements made, the positions taken and the predictions borne out or contradicted by events.]


2010

• 'LABOUR'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED'

2009

• SCRIVEN & HIS SMEARS
• 'CONSERVATIVES & FLUORIDATION'
• 'STRING OF PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ME'
• 'FLUORIDE FLAWS'

2008

• 'NOT SUCH A POISONED CHALICE'
• 'MPs' HOME ADDRESSES'
• 'SECURITY OF MPs'
• 'DID CND REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?'
• 'LOG ON FOR JUDGMENT'

2007

• 'RIGHT AND WRONG'
• 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH'
• 'TERROR TERMS'
• 'IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE NAVY AS THREATS PROLIFERATE'

2006

• 'TRIDENT AND FUTURE THREATS'
• 'NUCLEAR DETERRENT'
• 'IN DEFENCE OF TRIDENT'
• 'LABOUR AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS'
• 'EXAGGERATED PROTEST'
• 'NUCLEAR ARMS SAFETY'
• 'LOANS IN RETURN FOR PEERAGES'

2005

• 'NO US VETO ON BRITISH DETERRENT'
• 'WITHOUT AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WE'LL BE SUNK'
• 'TORY LEADER MUST BE CHOSEN BY GRASSROOTS MEMBERS'
• 'HIROSHIMA MYTH'
• 'LIMITS OF TOLERANCE'
• 'BE PREPARED'
• 'TORY CHALLENGE ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS'
• 'WILL LABOUR REALLY REPLACE TRIDENT?'
• 'LIBERAL DEMOCRAT DIRTY TRICKS'
• 'SELECTIVE FREEDOM TO HAVE INFORMATION'

2004

• 'DEFENSIVE SUMS'
• 'QUALITY OF LIFE HAS BEEN SAVED'

2003

• 'POOR EXCUSE FOR PUTTING OUR SOLDIERS AT RISK'
• 'ISC HAS SOUGHT TO WHITEWASH THE PM'
• 'KELLY SLUR'
• 'BLAIR'S SMOKESCREEN TACTICS'
• 'NO CASE FOR ASSEMBLY'
• 'ANTI-WAR PROTESTS LED BY COMMUNIST'
• 'BAY WATCH'

2002

• 'A QUESTION FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY'
• 'THE EURO VOTE: WHAT'S THE QUESTION?'
• 'SUSPICIONS OF PLANNING GREEN PAPER'

2001

• 'HONEST MINISTER SACKED'
• 'DEBATE ON EU FORCE'

2000

• 'LABOUR NEEDS TO ACT ON SPIES'
• 'STRATEGY FOR AN EU FORCE CONDEMNED'
• 'NUCLEAR ANTI-CLIMAX'
• 'NOT ANTI-UNION'
• 'EU PROPAGANDA IN SCHOOLS'
• 'SECTION 28 DEFECTIONS'
• 'OPPOSITION TO THE EURO'
• 'FATAL CHIMERA OF NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD'
• 'ANTI-CAPITALIST RIOTS AND MI5'
• 'GREENHAM WOMEN DELAYED PEACE DEAL'
• 'HESELTINE'S RETIREMENT'
• 'TOTALLY WRONG ON DIBDEN BAY'

1999

• 'SHAUN WOODWARD'S VIEWS'
• 'YES, THE CND WAS PRO-SOVIET'
• 'HOW CND DELAYED MISSILES BAN TREATY'
• 'WHY HITLER DIDN'T USE NERVE GAS'
• 'LABOUR'S DEFENCE SECRETARY'
• 'ASHDOWN WOULD HAVE UNDERMINED NATO'
• 'ASHDOWN'S DREADFUL RECORD ON DETERRENCE'
• 'MONITORING WORKS'
• 'OPINION POLLS AND MONETARY UNION'
• 'EUROMANIACS'
• 'FOOLISH FOOT'

1998

• 'CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP AND EUROPE'
• 'PLAYING WITH POUNDS AND PERCENTAGES'
• 'TORIES AND EUROPE'
• 'CHURCHILL'S "UNTHINKABLE" WAR'
• 'DOOMED TACTICS'
• 'CURRENCY TRICKS'
• 'LEGAL WEAPONS'
• 'THE BRITISH COUNCIL DEBATE'
• 'SUPPORT FOR HAGUE'S VIEW ON EURO'
• 'LOOKING BACK ON THE COUNTRYSIDE MARCH'
• 'LACK OF CLEAR STRATEGY ON IRAQ ATTACK'
• 'TORIES AND EUROPE'

1997

• 'WOODROW WYATT'
• 'LABOUR TALK FAILS MENTALLY ILL'
• 'FEDERAL DANGERS'
• 'CND CHALLENGED OVER MI5 CLAIMS'
• 'AMNESIA OVER CND MEMBERSHIP'
• 'BRIGADIER MICHAEL HARBOTTLE'
• 'FEDERALISM POSES THREAT TO PEACE'

1996

• 'TOTAL SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE'
• 'NUCLEAR RECORD HARD TO DEFEND'
• 'BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY'
• 'LIB-DEMS NOT IN THE MIDDLE'
• 'PEREGRINE WORSTHORNE AND UNILATERALISM'
• 'FINKELSTEIN'S FAN'

1995

• 'NO APPEAL'
• 'BBC'S ACCOUNT OF HIROSHIMA'
• 'PROFESSOR MIKE PENTZ'
• 'WHAT THE NUCLEAR TREATY REALLY SAYS'
• 'NO ALTERNATIVE FOR VICTIMS OF SCALLYWAG'
• 'VISION OF A WORLD WITHOUT WEAPONS'
• 'CND CANNOT REWRITE HISTORY'

1994

• 'LACK OF INTEREST BY MI5 IN AGENTS OF INFLUENCE'
• 'NUCLEAR ARMS RACE'
• 'TRUTH ABOUT BLAIR'S NUCLEAR CHANGE'
• ' "RATHER HARD" ON GEORGE GALLOWAY'

1993

• 'LABOUR IS SET FOR A LURCH TO THE LEFT'
• 'CURIOUS CONTORTIONS'
• 'LABOUR'S ROLE OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT'
• 'COLD WAR WAS NOT WON BY "PEACE" GROUPS'
• 'FIGHTERS FOR PEACE OR SOVIET STOOGES'
• 'LONG-TERM SHIELD OF UK DETERRENT'
• 'BRITAIN'S DETERRENT'

1992

• 'A SENSIBLE NUCLEAR INSURANCE POLICY'

1990

• 'NUCLEAR CUTS'
• 'BE NOT DECEIVED: LABOUR WILL DISARM'

1989

• 'REDRAWING SECURITY'
• 'LABOUR'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS STRATEGY'
• 'UNILATERALIST LOGIC'
• 'BASIC FACTS'
• 'NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT'
• 'BBC SHOULD LEARN FROM FLOUTED IBA GUIDELINES'
• 'ROADS TO PEACE'
• 'SOVIET STOOGES CONCEALED IN CND CLOTHES'

1988

• 'BROADCASTING BALANCE'
• 'THE BRITISH BOMB'
• 'IBA FAILING TO MAINTAIN IMPARTIALITY'
• 'PARTY POLITICAL PROPAGANDA ON THE RATES'
• 'I EXPOSED CND LINKS'
• 'SHOTS WERE A SPOILER'
• 'KINNOCK, KENT AND UNILATERAL DISARMAMENT'
• 'LABOUR'S STANCE ON NUCLEAR ARMS'
• 'NUCLEAR OPINIONS'

1987

• 'THE INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR FORCES DEAL'
• 'MOSCOW INVITATIONS'
• 'MOSCOW CONGRESS RIGHTLY SHUNNED'
• 'BROADCASTING AND THE LEFT WING'
• 'CND CLAIMS FOR DEMO CHALLENGED'
• 'DEFINE YOUR TERMS'
• 'ADJUSTING LABOUR POLICY ON CRUISE'

1986

• 'SPIRIT AND NUMBERS IN CND'
• 'RED LIGHT ON RUSSIAN "PEACE" '
• 'POLICIES OF "FREEZE" '
• 'CND, EBB & FLOW'

1985

• 'NON-NUCLEAR ALLIANCE?'
• 'THE PRESS AT GENEVA'
• 'THE BOMB ON TRIAL'
• 'DISARMING FACTS ABOUT THE FREEZE'
• 'CND's TIDE?'
• 'A MODEST PROPOSAL'
• 'CND AND USSR'
• 'GREATER LONDON COUNCIL "PEACE" CAMPAIGN'
• 'A DICTIONARY FOR THE KREMLIN'
• 'ROLE OF MI5'

1984

• 'THE ANATOMY OF THE CND'
• 'RESELECTING THE RESELECTORS'
• 'CND DEMONSTRATION NUMBERS'
• 'POSTAL BALLOTS'
• 'FROM MILITANCY TO MODERATION'

1983

• 'CND's POLITICAL BIAS'
• 'A SCENARIO FOR POLARIS'
• 'POLITICS IN SCHOOLS'

1982

• 'SETTING AN EXAMPLE'
• 'COUNCIL POLICY'

1981

• 'THE SLIPPERY AND CONVOLUTED VIEWS OF E. P. THOMPSON'

1980

• 'LOST BATTLE OF RESELECTION'
• 'A TROTSKYIST DURING THE WAR'

1971

• 'A NUCLEAR LIMIT'



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