Innocent people on database

I’M frustrated by claims that keeping innocent people accused of crimes on the DNA database represents a commitment to law and order (Yorkshire Post, June 27). The Supreme Court has ruled keeping such innocent people on the database is illegal. It is the duty of government to uphold decisions made by the courts. That is why they are acting to remove innocent people from the DNA database.

When it comes to high profile cases, the police always claim that if there had only been some expensive new bit of technology mistakes could have been avoided. We must remember, though, that a bad workman always blames his tools.

Olympic opportunity

From: Aled Jones, Mount Crescent, Bridlington.

HERE’S a quiz. The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games provide a golden opportunity for home businesses to expand.

So do we: a) ensure all gear worn by Britain’s Olympic athletes, and all the vast array of London 2012 merchandise, is exclusively produced by British workers in British-owned factories?, or: b) sit back and meekly allow foreign companies in China, Vietnam, India and Turkey to greedily gobble up 95 per cent of 2012 merchandising?

The answer is b.

People’s choice

From: Douglas Hartley, Irving Terrace, Clayton, Bradford.

NIKKI Sinclaire, an MEP for the West Midlands, has launched a petition calling for a referendum on our continued membership of the European Union (Yorkshire Post, June 14). “Let the people decide” is her slogan. That seems fair enough. We like to think of our country as democratic, although many of our elected representatives are more concerned with their allowances than with our historic freedoms.