Saturday January 31, 2004 The Guardian

As Tony Blair grins like a Cheshire cat, and Alastair Campbell jubilantly rounds on his critics (Scalps satisfy Blair, January 30), may I remind them that David Kelly is still dead and many will find their manner distasteful? Robin Hardy-King Folkestone, Kent

Where can I pick up my "Hands off the BBC" badge? JM Carthy London

Can Saddam Hussein now expect to receive an unreserved apology for the very grave allegations made against him, if it turns out that there never were any WMD? Tim Morley Hathern, Leics

There were two things I was proud of in Britain: our almost free universities and the BBC. This government has shown its contempt for both of these in just one week. Where now to look for national pride - Morris dancers? Jane Harris London

Lest we lose perspective: no one at the BBC - not even John Simpson - has ever led the nation into an unjustified war. Penelope Schenk Oxford

So Mr Blair now has his own TV and radio stations: just like that nice Mr Berlusconi. Peter Moore Newent, Glos

In the light of Hutton, is it not now clear that cases which are likely to be long and complicated should be tried without a judge, rather than without a jury? Fr Martin Lawrence Romford, Essex

Obviously we need an inquiry into the Hutton inquiry. Sara Neill Tunbridge Wells, Kent

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