Sir: I have never been a starry-eyed optimist about the new government, yet even I have been surprised to discover that, after Michael Howard, the next move in asylum policy has been to the right ("New curbs on bogus asylum seekers", 28 October).
Earl RUSSELL
House of Lords
London SW1
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