Sir, You report (May 15) on how London is to be evacuated in the event of a terror attack. Have we abandoned the idea that it is actually simpler, cheaper and better to avoid provoking others in the first place?

Perhaps the West needs to look again at the benefits of a kind of American-style isolationism, letting mutually assured destruction preserve our security as it did very effectively throughout the Cold War. Then our public places might stop looking like barricades and we could once again walk through Downing Street to St James’s Park.

Yours faithfully,
JOHN CAMPION,
1 Broad Walk, N21 3DA.
May 17.

From Councillor Philip Circus

Sir, “They will set up roadblocks to create fast exit routes for vehicles.”

As we in local government wrestle with the growing problem of traffic congestion, this novel suggestion from central government will, I am sure, be most welcome.

Yours faithfully,
PHILIP CIRCUS,
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council,
Town Hall, Castlefield Road,
Reigate, Surrey RH2 0SH.
philip.circus@virgin.net
May 17.

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