I don’t know which is more appalling – that Paul Watson, NHS England’s regional director for the Midlands and East of England, demanded that hospital trust chief executives chant “we can do this” (improve their A&E performance) (Report, 26 September), or that the chief executives apparently complied with this demand and didn’t protest about it till afterwards.
Marion Jones
Preston, Dorset
• When Worthing got its new library in the early 1970s members were encouraged to take out as many books as they liked. They could then bring them back to the new building which saved us a lot of backache. The shelves in the old library were soon empty except one that contained the complete works of Proust (Letters, 28 September).
Jane Taylor
Milborne Port, Somerset
• Looks as if Ryanair is trying to take its passengers for a ride even though it isn’t (Fresh chaos as Ryanair axes 18,000 more flights, 28 September).
Ron Brewer
Old Buckenham, Norfolk
• We received a voucher from Ryanair that specifies flying between October and March. I live in Brighton but work in Belfast and fly weekly. But they have cancelled all flights between Belfast and Gatwick in that period. So what use is this to me? That’s the route I need.
Brendan Hughes
Hove, East Sussex
• Regarding letters passim and Tim Dowling (Notebook, 27 September), unsplit infinitives are vanishingly rare in spoken English, as I find when I try to write voice-driven characters. To simply put this is easier than to put it simply. Just as to boldly go is different from to go, Tim.
Sue Roff
Cellardyke, Fife
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