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Had the press reported John Whittingdale’s relationship, it would not have been in the public interest. As elements of the press, though, have form over publishing salacious material come what may, it is in the public interest to know why they did not publish — and that requires us to know what they did not publish. Paradoxically, it is that which is not in the public interest to publish, may need to be published.

Peter Cave,

London

Lack of workers' rights? The EU's to blame

Jeremy Corbyn warns there could be a "bonfire" of workers' rights if the UK votes to leave the EU in June.

Surely it is the EU which is causing a "bonfire" to British workers' jobs, conditions, pay and working hours by allowing UK businesses to recruit very cheap labour from EU countries.

Emily Stevens,

Brighton, East Sussex

Cameron's wrongheaded view on farming and the EU

Cameron has really taken the biscuit this time by claiming farmers will lose out big time if we leave EU. I remember clearly our farm subsidy policy before we joined the European Economic Community (EEC). It not only ensured farmers got good prices but ensured cheap food for all. Immediately after we joined the EEC our food costs rose and we had “wine lakes” and beef, apple, and “butter mountains” all paid for by consumers. Yet Cameron claims Britain will no longer produce as much food if we leave EU. What would he be doing ? Watching our farmers sit idly by.

Eric R. S. Davidson,

Isengard, Banffshire

Crackdown on corporate bosses

Two of the default arguments put forward by those defending the massive salaries some corporate bosses pay themselves is that (a) they’re only paying themselves the ‘going rate for the job and (b) if they didn’t get it they would hawk their indispensable genius abroad. Even if this bizarre defence had a wisp of logic, it in no way negates what your leader describes as ‘absurd, obscene, and unfair.’ But of course the fat cat bankers and their counterparts in the Corporate Club have always known what the public thinks about them. But they seem to imagine that their power, buttressed by their boardroom cronies, gives them a kind of diplomatic immunity. Perhaps the revolt by the BP shareholders might be the first short step towards dragging them into the real world.

Donald Zec