Liberal regime
Sir: Ross Clark’s complaint about Tyne and Wear Metro (Labour’s punishment freaks are hounding honest citizens, 6 September) is unfair and overstated.
First, you can book through travel on the Metro from any station in the UK. Clark’s problem was that he was sold the wrong train ticket in the first place. Second, there is a change machine at Newcastle Central Metro and our ticket machines do give change. And finally, Clark should know that Newcastle City Council is Liberal Democrat-controlled, before he takes his boycott of the ‘Labour’ regime there too far.
Huw Lewis
Head of Communications, Nexus (operators of the Tyne and Wear Metro), Newcastle Upon Tyne
Sir: Sarah Davies of Hull, whose plight Ross Clark reported on, was relatively lucky that she could refer her case to court. The DVLA cheerily hands out fines of £80 for trivial errors, with no right of appeal. Those caught out by this illegal scam should complain, via their MP, to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 12 of the Bill of Rights 1689 (‘all fines before conviction are illegal and void’) and the principle of ‘Nemo judex in sua causa’ apply. Iain Crawford
Monmouth, Wales
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