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The question posed by Andy Beckett ( What if one key problem with British politics at the moment is us – the voters?, theguardian.com, 16 May ) was answered with sharp irony by Bertolt Brecht in his poem Die Lösung (The Solution): “Would it not in that case / Be simpler for the government / To dissolve the people / And elect another?”
Derrick Cameron
Stoke-on-Trent

• Thames Water’s chair, Sir Adrian Montague, argues for bonuses up to 50% of senior managers’ salaries, because they are its “most precious resource” ( Report, 15 May ). Some of us would say that water is their most precious resource, and should not be in the hands of rule-breaking, profit-seeking entrepeneurs.
Susan Treagus
Manchester