SIR - I wonder what Eric Firth and Brian Holmans think about the advice given to Tony Blair just these past few days, by Jose Baroso, President of the Commission?

That is, to have the courage to ignore public opinion and sign up to the new treaty, replacing the Constitution which is supposed to be dead.

It must be made clear by Brown that whatever Blair succumbs to is not binding on HM government.

Philip Bird, Nab Wood Terrace, Shipley