Market hazards
Sir: Having read last month the sensible letter from a Mr Pegler on the subject of unharmonious Community relations (Letters, October 11), I am galvanised into action, and, after reflection, feel that you, The Spectator in person, might be willing to tell me of a very modern cartographer, able to explain the present contours of Europe. If I should ever cross the Channel again, the new hazards of lakes of wine, mountains of beef, butter, dried milk, and now lovely golden apples, which are not yet marked on any of my maps, would, . I fear, present problems of navigation for even my well-trained ear. There may indeed be other miscellaneous lumps about which we have not so far been told, and it is better, surely, to be safe than sorry.
While on the subject of requiring elucidation there are one or two other little matters which have filtered over to our side of la Manche connected with pollution, farm prices, control of heavy lorries and (no small matter this), the apparent inability of our friends to see that we, the proprietors of North Sea oil, without whom it could never have been found, should have somewhere to seat ourselves at the forthcoming energy conferences. If chairs can be found for the non-oil-producing members of the Community, then surely an armchair of some consequence could be produced for us.
De mortuis absolutely nil nisi bon urn, but the ghost with the very long, handsome nose does seem to live on and influence some Europeans.
J. M. Lycett South Lodge, Copthorne, Sussex
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