How can this be called justice?

major oil producer’s agreements not being followed by members of the producingexporting group (OPEC), as they do not trust each other.

They are also being overshadowed by the United States ‘fracking’ industry, swamping OPEC and their price structure.

To the great oil companies of the world, gas is only the lighter end of any crude oil.

So ordinary users in the UK of gas and electricity remain in the shadow of these globals, not governments.

In any event the UK and most of the world has signed a variety of agreements to phase out the use of gas and oil as they are all mostly carbon based.

So what might happen next - I don’t know.

AM JOHNSON, Cullercoats MAN has long since sought the secret of eternal youth But there is no escaping the truth We can grow old with dignity and pride But its appearance you cannot hide It is no secret, so we must bear The beauty that is lost that once was there For it is known beauty is only skin deep inheritance tax, capital gains tax and corporation tax benefiting the better-off (of whom I’m one!), while imposing the bedroom tax, abolishing the national council tax rebate scheme, substituting loans instead of bursaries for trainee nurses, and cutting benefits, 60% of which go to working households, not to mention imposing massive cuts on local government about which even Tory councils are complaining?

Coun JEREMY BEECHAM, Benwell and Scotswood ward,

Newcastle City Council DOES WJ Casey really believe a 20-year jail sentence is a good long-term punishment for the heinous crime of murder, no matter how brutal. Who’s kidding who?

In a recent case in Gateshead Alice Ruggles was brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend. She was only 24 years old. She could have lived another 60 years or more but her killer will just serve a mere 22 years in a comfy prison. How can that be called justice? JA, Gateshead