Illustration by John Sadler www.johnsadlerillustration.com 

• A LEVEL playing field is something that all people and political parties seem to subscribe to and yet how little is done towards achieving anything like it.

Compare the sporting facilities available to pupils at private schools with those in the state sector and it’s plain to see that the game is rigged.

When the Duke of Wellington said that Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, one of the values he held most dear was fair play.

Isn’t it about time that this charade was halted and his 21st-century Tory successors were given the red card and sent off the field?

W DAVIS, WC1