Letter: Britain and Europe: the sceptics reply

Sir: The Conservative "Grandees" letter, plus the constant bickering between old and new Labour, illustrate the need for proportional representation. It would allow a sanitary split in both Conservative and Labour parties and it is easy to speculate on the hard-right, moderate and hard-left groupings that would ensue. It would certainly solve my problem: I am a lifelong Conservative but loathe the politics of Portillo, Redwood and others.

G F STEELE

Ipswich