Gove’s moves
Sir: If Michael Gove (‘On the edge of his seat’, 18 June) really wants to do something about exams, then he would bring back O-levels in place of GCSEs. But that would entail denouncing the Prime Minister who made the change, formerly the education secretary who closed more grammar schools than were left at the end of her tenure. Can you name her? I think you can.
David Lindsay
County Durham
Sir: Michael Gove has no answer for how to revive the fortunes of the Conservative party in Scotland: ‘I don’t think there is any single thing that can be done.’ But might I suggest that better Tory candidates — like, say, Mr Gove himself — running north of the border would help?
Currer Ball
By email
Safeguards for justice
Sir: In your editorial (‘A law unto themselves’, 18 June), you rightly deplore the pressure from the judiciary to reduce the right to jury trial.
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