25 OCTOBER 2003, page 44

They Do Listen

From William Little Sir: Opinionated pieces like Melanie Phillips's ('Why do politicians lie? Because they have to', 18 October) play a large part in the creation of cynicism......

From Mark Taha As A Social Libertarian, I Disagree With

many of Melanie Phillips's attitudes. Her call for small shops in towns to be preserved at the expense of supermarkets is what the American libertarian philosopher Dr Nathaniel......

From Michael Grenfell

Sir: Sir Peregrine Worsthorne's extraordinary attack on Margaret Thatcher in his review of the new John Campbell biography stands reality on its head. Sir Peregrine sees the......

Staying Power

From Bruce Shaxson Sir: Michael Gove has shown considerable if uncharacteristic constraint in his condemnation of Mr Duncan Smith (`Terminal depression', 18 October), though he......