Taking liberties
Sir: Alan Mattingly, director of the Ramblers' Association, wrote (Letters, 8 January), `We asked for the laws on public access. . . to be amended so that . . . people can wander over such areas freely without being treated as trespassers. Our proposals would affect the property rights of only a few thousand owners. They would be of benefit to most of the 56 million citizens of this country.'
Now we know. Those who believe that the majority should be able to override basic individual property rights, just because they are the majority, should join right away. The rest of us who think that the right to own property is a crucial ele- ment of personal liberty should steer clear and warn their friends to do the same.
Martin W. Jacomb Standon House, 21 Mansell Street, London El
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