Just buy what you need and there’ll be enough for us all

STOCKPILING groceries is not just carried out by people financially sound or the physically strong or people who have cars with large boots ( I have seen plenty of taxis loaded up outside supermarkets).

It is a selfish act by all manner of people in all walks of life, probably by the same people who walk into supermarkets and do not sanitise their hands or wipe their trolley handles and refuse to wear a face covering and sneer at those who do. The Government, as Jayne Dowle wrote ( The Yorkshire Post, September 28), should come up with a regular reminder that if we all keep to our share, there will be enough to go around. What a sad reflection on our society, though.

The culprits should be thoroughly ashamed. However, I doubt that for fact!

From: Paul Brown, Bents Green Road, Sheffield.

ONE way to help the economy would be to require clothing retailers to offer British- made products alongside their current ranges of imported goods.

There would be no intention to force shoppers to buy British but at least we would have a choice, which in a majority of cases is denied to us at present.

It may be the case that major retailers would be prepared to adopt this policy if requested by the Government, rather than needing any heavy- handed legislation to force a change.

Companies that complain about loss of market share to online suppliers ignore the fact that it was their own decision to abandon the British manufacture of goods in search of higher profits from the sale of imported goods.

From: Theresa Brown, Chester Avenue, Poulton- le- Fylde.

IT seems to me that one likely cause of the spread of infection now is care- home staff bringing the virus into care homes and/ or taking it from care homes into the community.

I do not blame them for this: the alternative to closing care homes is just not feasible.

Part of the problem is the Government’s failure to build an effective test, trace and isolate system especially for health- care and care- home staff.

The main defence the Government has is that there isn’t a suitable test available yet that can deliver a result on the spot within 15 minutes or so – ie for every member of staff every time they enter the workplace.

Such a test would also enable visitors to be checked on arrival.