Our Navy is sinking

Having served in the Royal Navy, I am disgusted that this Government is decommissioning HMS Ocean. We are an island nation, yet the number of ships available at any one time is pathetic.

We need a strong Navy to defend our shores but what we have is a thirdrate service. Arthur Poole Macclesfield, Cheshire

So, Polly Hudson states we get four days off work at Easter and that’s a reason to celebrate it (Mirror, March 27).

She should try seeing what working class people are doing this weekend – being everyone else’s Easter wage slaves.

Easter is pure consumerism. Polly, spare a thought for the retail workers who do have to go to work on your four days off. Robert Murray South Tyneside