So George Osborne tells us we face a “dangerous cocktail” of global risks to the economy (Report, 7 January). The Middle East, China, oil prices, US interest rates, terrorism … But I remember he told us that it was just Gordon Brown.
John Seeley
Birmingham
• I am surprised no link has been made between the prolonged spell of terrible weather and the cancellation by the BBC of their contract with the Met Office.
John Gaskin
Driffield, East Yorkshire