MAY I ask supermarkets if, instead of throwing food into a skip for dumping, would they kindly donate it to Father Jim McCartney's soup kitchen in Blackburn.

He gives unfortunates a lunch and, on alternate days, supper. I ask because his church is in an insalubrious area.

May I also ask if Conservative correspondents D Pearson and Walt Meadows would be willing to contribute to the kitchen, because it's their party's policies that have taken us back even further than Queen Victoria's time?

MILLIE WEIR (Miss), Denville Road, Blackburn.

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