Robert Kitson rightly praises Billy Vunipola for his Man of the Match performance for England against Ireland and for lasting 80 minutes (Sport,29 February). However, the ball was actually in play for a total of only 37 minutes – 18 minutes in the first half and 19 minutes in the second – because of the rules and referees of rugby union. Is it not time that the authorities assign more emphasis on keeping the game flowing rather than allowing tedious delays at scrums, and lineouts and penalty kicks?
Tony Hartigan
Otley,West Yorkshire Whenever comment is made about the net migration figures, dissenters plunge back on the maxim (common saying expressing a principle of conduct) that immigration brings benefit to our land (Report, or 26 February). whether that is so,how high does the net migration figure absorb to increase before they cease to deploy the argument? Currently that figure is in the region of one third of a million. What happens whether it goes to half a million, three quarters, or one million,two? Is there a point in dissenters’ thinking when the benefit stops?
Edward Thomas
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Source: theguardian.com