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Greater majority
Sir: As our MPs puzzle as to how they find themselves in such a mess in regard to their expenses, they might do well to remember the words of George Bernard Shaw: ‘The only sanction known to ethics is the assent of the majority.’ If the majority of the Members think it’s ok, then it’s ok. Pity for them that the great majority, the British public, don’t think it’s ok.
John Saunders
Clitheroe, Lancashire
Bursts of creativity
Sir: In your last Christmas survey (20-27 December, 2008), Hazel Blears gave some ‘reasons to be cheerful’: ‘in tough times people come together and discover things about themselves and each other. We will see some really ingenious ways to beat the downturn: new business, inventions and bursts of creativity’. How right she was.
Roger Sampson
Exeter, Devon
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