Letters to the Editor | 13 May 2006

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Samuel Gregg

The welcome fall of Klaus Schwab

Mosley is no EU hero
From David Meikle
Sir: In his review of Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism by Stephen Dorril (Books, 6 May), David Pryce-Jones makes the disgusting suggestion that those who support the European Union, like Kenneth Clarke MP, are somehow continuing the work of the fascist Oswald Mosley. To try to make a link between the EU (and those who support the idea) and the ugly ideology of fascism is plain ridiculous.
European nations came together, after the horrors of Nazism nearly conquered and destroyed Europe, to form an organisation that would ensure we would never go to war with one another again. Instead the great Western European nations would co-operate to ensure that the peoples of Europe lived in peace and prosperity. Today, Eastern European countries are clamouring to join the EU because they share the values that it represents. The United Kingdom should never turn its back on such values.
David Meikle
Glasgow

Very hunted, Norfolk

From James Wells
Sir: Charles Moore (for whom I have the greatest respect) is sadly mistaken in stating that there is no hunting in large parts of Suffolk and most of Norfolk (The Spectator’s Notes, 22 April).
If he had checked on a map showing all packs that hunt in East Anglia rather than one that showed merely the new-fangled and often slow form of venery known as fox-hunting, he would see that there are four packs of mounted harriers still hunting in Suffolk and Norfolk, namely the Easton, Dunston, North Norfolk and Waveney Harriers. Between them and the appropriate fox-hound packs, their country covers all of Suffolk and most of Norfolk. They all show considerable sport, despite the restrictions of the current ridiculous legislation. In addition, there are some excellent foot packs (including the East Anglian Mink Hounds, the Norfolk Mink Hounds Hunting Club and the Stour Valley Beagles).