Letters | 27 February 2010

Bashing Gordon

Sir: Poor, poor Gordon. Have mercy! We brutish Scots must stick together; if I had the likes of Bob Ainsworth, not to mention the simpering fraudsters of ‘Blair’s babes’, in my office every day, I would be sorely tempted to reach for the birch — if not a cricket bat.

Then, of course, some closer to the headmaster might not be averse to a little S&M. But now that old protester-puncher Prescott has come out in support. Really, who needs friends like that?

Alistair Horne
Henley-on-Thames



Time for a tea party


Sir: You are right when discussing MPs’ and BBC expenses to bring in the question of local authorities’ expenses (Leading article, 12 February). But there is no point whingeing about council taxes unless taxpayers start doing something about it. In East Herts, grassroots activity, including a public meeting and local press coverage, has resulted in the local Independent Remuneration Panel recommending substantial reductions in councillors’ special responsibility allowances.