Yellow jacket power

SIR – It would seem that a few thousand French protesters in yellow jackets can force a change of policy through violence – unlike over 17 million voters through a peaceful democratic vote in this country. Simon Taylor

Poringland, Norfolk

SIR – Yesterday I bought a yellow jacket. I have also bought shares in the company that makes them. Terry Reilly

Burgess Hill, West Sussex

SIR – Peter Leatherbarrow (Letters, December 6) asks where to buy a yellow jacket. He needs to be warned that a footnote in the Lisbon Treaty allows for the death penalty for civil conflict. It quotes from Article 2 (2) of the European Convention on Human Rights: “A state may make provision for the death penalty in respect of acts committed in time of war.” Presumably that also means civil war.

Anyway, it seems the EU is ready for all contingencies. Victoria Edge

Farningham, Kent