The McCanns' open letter to David Cameron urging him to save "no win, no fee" for libel cases is absolutely right (New law will harm right to justice, say McCanns, 26 March). It uncovers the tip of the iceberg of the government's flawed plans, which will affect not just libel victims but also many highly vulnerable people who have suffered life-changing injuries, some through medical negligence. These draconian changes will effectively erode the hard-fought compensation which innocent victims are awarded to rebuild shattered lives. This is a seismic overhaul of our legal system, taking us back to the dark days when justice was a luxury for the rich, not a right for all.
Nigel Muers-Raby
Chairman, Consumer Justice Alliance
• Why shouldn't we have a festival of reasonable resistance (Letters, 27 March)? We could talk about how to replace capitalism with a humane, co-operative society, while recognising that you can't achieve it by brawling in the street, planting bombs or relying on leaders to do it for you. Could be fun.
Keith Graham
Bristol
• Keith Vaz MP is mistaken in saying the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) doesn't allow MPs to pay interns (Letters, 27 March). We do and always have. MPs have the freedom to decide if they want to take on interns and, if they do, whether to pay them or just cover their expenses.
John Sills
Director of policy, Ipsa
• There is nothing conservative about a party that is willing to tear up the countryside under a planner's charter (Report, 27 March). And they have the chutzpah to call it sustainable development.
Dr Rupert Read
East of England Green party co-ordinator
• Selling off national assets has long been a policy of the Tory party. But I hadn't appreciated that the prime minister himself is for sale (Report, 27 March).
W Stephen Gilbert
Corsham, Wiltshire
• Re London's lack of runways (Analysis, 26 March), I've just got it: park one of those aircraft carriers in the Thames!
Tim Ward
London