No free lunch

By The Newsroom

Published 16th Feb 2010, 21:59 BST

Updated 16th Feb 2010, 23:30 BST

In response to Ellis Thorpe (Letters, 16 February), those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither, and it is impossible to "swap freedoms for prosperity and security" because there is no such thing as a free lunch in the form of state intervention.

BRUCE CRICHTON

Victoria Road

Falkirk, Stirlingshire

Falkirk