LETTER : Chaos close to home

Monday 08 January 1996 00:02 GMT

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From Mr John Coe

Sir: In his article "Europe awaits Italy's big aria" (3 January) Andrew Gumbel uses phrases such as "public finances so chaotic ...", "deep institutional crisis", "country in such domestic turmoil" to describe the state of Italy. Last May, on holiday in Italy, I obtained L2700 to the pound. Today's tourist rate is L2400 - a drop of about 11 per cent. What does this say about the state of our country?

Yours sincerely,

John Coe

Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

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