Madam, – During one of my numerous public-sector coffee breaks I took the time to enjoy Newton Emerson’s piece on the merits of a strike – “The end of the world is nigh if CPSU goes on one-day strike” (Newton’s Optic, Opinion, February 11th), which particularly appealed to my non-rational female mind. But last Wednesday’s offering, “Working women almost certainly caused the credit crunch”, had me laugh to tears.
I eagerly anticipate his next column, “Migrant workers caused the recession”; and, as a foreigner myself, I suspect the inevitable follow-up – “Send them back where they came from” – will have me in stitches. – Yours, etc,