1 NOVEMBER 2008, Page 28

Can India help us now?

Sir: May I pass on my congratulations to India for its recent success against Australia in the Second Test and its recent successful rocket launch as it embarks on its first lunar mission. These are exciting times for an exciting country. May I just ask if this is the same India that was promised £825 million over three years recently by Gordon Brown for ‘development aid’? Is it also the same India who has reserves in excess of $200 billion? Perhaps, in the wake of our present circumstances, the Prime Minister would like to start writing begging letters back.

Mike Gore

London SW4