Letter: Labour burgled in Putney too

Sir: To the extent that the Referendum Party (advertisement, 15 October) is not already aware of the fact, perhaps you would inform your readers that with one minor exception relating to the coal and steel industries, the European Commission has no law-making powers of its own.

The laws of the European Union are made by the Council (ie the governments of Member States) together with the European Parliament.

It must be a matter of some regret that a political party which holds itself out as having something of importance to communicate to the public peddles nonsense instead.

DAVID GILMOUR

Overijse, Belgium