22 APRIL 1995, page 26

Tag And Gag

Sir: The case for making Members of Par- liament carry identity cards is overwhelm- ing in view of their treacherous behaviour over the past 25 years. We need to know who they......

A New Idea

Sir: If the corporate barons are pillaging their fiefdoms and at the same time the Church is in dire financial straits, isn't it time for the Crown to curb these over- mighty......

Back On Track

Sir: I am very surprised that Simon Jenkins, that well-known exposer of phoney govern- ment statistics, should have fallen for the figures which the Treasury claims are need- ed......

Gay Word-play

Sir: Paul Johnson's case (Another thing, 1 April) for reclaiming the 'purloined' word gay is specious: for while the term for gays remains in flux, his real target, the minority......

Letters Poll Tax At Heart

Sir: I am fed up with the assumption that the Community Charge was an ill-advised tax, and reading comments to that effect in The Spectator (Books, 8 April). In Scotland the tax......