I see that the government is planning a cull of civil servants and will be aiming to incentivise underperformers to leave (9 March). I wonder whether a similar plan is envisaged to deal with politicians of a likewise disposition. If so, we had better prepare for general elections on a much more frequent basis – provided of course that they can be arranged by civil servants of an acceptable standard.
Nigel Jordan
Crowthorne, Berkshire
• Reading the letters expressing different points of view on Jack Vettriano (Letters, 9 March) I was reminded of an old cartoon that shows two people in a gallery looking at John Constable’s The Hay Wain, with one asking the other: “It’s a lovely picture, but what does it mean?”
Peter Philpott
Patrick Brompton, North Yorkshire
• Re Jack Vettriano’s work, I recalled my 1950s physicist headmaster quoting Claude Bernard’s “Art is I; science is we” after trying to explain Boyle’s law to fledgling sixth formers.
Dr Roger Merry
Bath
• “Laura has a pleasing voice” (Letters, 9 March) reminds me of my brief stint in the school choir. I lasted until they worked out where that “bloody row” was coming from.
Ian Garner
Oxenhope, West Yorkshire
• I felt a tinge of sadness that King Charles chose a cover of Little Eva’s song, The Loco-Motion, rather than the original (King Charles pays tribute to ‘marvellous’ Bob Marley as he shares favourite songs, 10 March).
Linda Rhead
Hampton, London
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