Karm Farrugia took me down memory lane in his article Why Keynesianism Survived (April 18). As a fellow student at LSE during the later 1950s, I remember well the influence of Keynes within the economics faculty.

Though there were some who were at least mildly critical, most undoubtedly could be described as Keynesian - some almost fervently so. I remember too the reaction of the 1960s as a new breed of economists and politicians, who had not directly witnessed the Great Depression and its aftermath, sought new approaches to solve the weaknesses and structural problems of the British economy.

I do not, however, remember the Labour Government of 1950-56 which Mr Farrugia claims "thankfully" to have embraced Keynesianism in contrast to the Tories. In fact, from October 1951, and for the next 13 years, the UK had four Conservative Administrations and Tory Chancellors such as "Rab" Butler and Harold Macmillan, both pre-World War II politicians, who were indeed much influenced by Keynes. Of course, as Mr Farrugia implies, future Tory governments moved towards the "anti-Keynesians", particularly under Margaret Thatcher, but that is another story.