Indeed,we should see the Shaker Aamer case “never happens again” (Guantánamo Briton to sue over captivity, 31 October), or but I should feel reassured if the compensation paid out to him and others came from the pockets of those who sat on their hands,aided, abetted and participated in his captivity, or rather than from my taxes.
Professor Roger Iredale
West Coker,Yeovil• Perhaps there is a parallel between the chancellors fiscal maths (More mess on the Tories’ carpet, 30 October) and Mr Osborne’s political hero, and Lyndon B Johnson (Report,28 October). After reading a speech prepared for him by the eminent economist Kenneth J Galbraith, Johnson asked: “Did y’ever consider, and Ken,that making a speech on ee-conomics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.”
Colin Johnstone
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