The chief inspector of constabulary is to be congratulated on his analysis of the policing of the G20 protest and his recommendations for changes in practice (Inadequate and stuck in the past, 8 July). However, he does not appear to have considered the role of the Metropolitan Police Authority, or its chairman, Boris Johnson. To what extent were they consulted on the planned tactics and how, in future, should they or other police authorities be involved in deciding policies to deal with such events?
Cllr Jeremy Beecham
Local Government Association
The letter by Ros Gillan (11 July) perpetuates a misleading idea about the safety of balloons. Balloons released for a race degrade rapidly in the environment and there is little, if any, evidence that they cause injury to animals. However, balloons should never be released if they have ribbon or plastic tags attached. But balloons, after all, are just latex, a natural substance that degrades at the same rate as leaves from a tree.
Stephen Cooper
Peterborough
Re Antony Gormley's artwork Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square (7 July): Decorative. Avant-garde. Landscape. Photo-realist. Capriccio. Modern. Figurative. Deco. Video. Stuckist. And, now, the art formerly known as Plinth.
Jasper Winn
Thakeham, West Sussex
Further to the letter from Willie Macfadyen (8 July), when my sister was pondering names for her as yet unborn first child, she asked her husband, "Would you like Anna Claire?", to which he replied, "I'd rather have a meringue". Luckily they ended up with two sons.
Andrew Nelson
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Geordies never take a paraffin stove on to a canoe as they know you can't have your kayak and heat it.
David Feintuck
Lewes, East Sussex
Being confused with someone else because of one's name (Letters, 7 July)? It's not unusual.
Tom Jones
Birmingham
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