Poorer Each Day

Sir: Patrick Macaskie (‘The market needs short-sellers’, 25 October) is indeed correct in suggesting that the problems caused by excessive borrowing could be solved by a round......

Name That City

Sir: I don’t know how many Indians A.A. Gill (‘Oh, Kolkata!’, 18 October) spoke to before levelling patronising scorn at those Brits who still insist on calling the former......

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......

Shares Not Alike

Sir: Tim Congdon (‘Keynesianism still isn’t the answer’, 25 October) doesn’t fully understand the possibilities that preference shares can offer, which is a pity because his......

Meaning Of The Act

Sir: In an otherwise well-balanced piece (Liddle Britain, 25 October) Rod Liddle says ‘The intention behind David Steel’s [Abortion] Bill of 1967 was to prevent the maiming of......

Negative Nonsense

Sir: What is all this ‘negative growth’ nonsense about? Growth is something positive, or increasing, so how is it that we now have this bizarre phenomenon? It is as absurd as a......