I FEEL quietly confident that this marriage between Conservative/Liberal Democrats will work.

I see Nick Clegg’s input as a mediator to David Cameron’s spending cutbacks. I believe that to target the real areas without persecution is one way, for instance on-the-spot fines for speeding offences, minimum £100, and increasing to £500 on the spot for driving a defective vehicle or using a mobile phone.

By imposing immediate fines, you could watch the national debt shrink before your eyes. I wish Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg a happy and fruitfully fair union.

Duncan S Quick, Sand Hutton Court, Sand Hutton, York.