SIR – Although I am not ‘sporty’, I couldn’t help noticing the end of the football transfer period and the huge sums of money changing hands.

There seems to be no shortage of money where football is concerned.

At the very least, it must be worth considering employing somebody from the world of football to be our chancellor.

The same could be said of anybody from Microsoft, which is currently paying a very large amount to buy Vodaphone!

Whatever their salary might be, it would be well worth getting them to work for the nation.

They obviously have the Midas touch, probably because they live in the real world. Our politicians don’t.

STANLEY PARR

Pershore