19 JULY 2003, Page 25

Safety lights

From Captain L.H. Nigel Sir: Celia Haddon (Letters, 12 July) recalls returning home through streets without street lights under the Tory government of Edward Heath. If today she walked through streets without street lights, she would not arrive home. Under the New Labour government of Tony Blair, she would be beaten up, robbed and — if lucky — end up in the casualty ward and not the mortuary of one of our wonderful NHS hospitals.

L.H. Nigel

London WI