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THIS boy's . • shirt with the St Michael label costs about £16.90 at Marks & Spencer in Paris — and only £10.00 in London. Main reason for that discrepancy: France charges 18.6 per cent VAT on children's clothing, Bri- tain charges none.
(Sunday Times Magazine, 23 Octo- ber) Even if Britain slapped 18.6 per cent VAT on children's clothes the shirt would only cost £11.86, so VAT cannot be the 'main reason for the discrepan- cy'.
Mrs Claire Scargill wins £20.
DURING the last couple of years a thorough review has been undertaken in our country of all the cases of those whom you call 'political prisoners'. As of today there are only 11 people left in this category. (Letter to the Times of 7 November from the Soviet ambassador) How many prisoners have been reclassi- fied, as opposed to released, your excel- lency?
Send examples to'. . and statistics'; £20 for the best published; £10 for every other published, the first opened if two or more cover the same example.
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