We said that Gordon Brown’s government introduced the Tier 1 visa programme for foreign investors (News, March 6). Mr Brown states that the scheme was a rebranding of existing regulations and did not bring about any changes to the financial criteria required for investors; and points out that it was a later government that allowed those who invested £10 million or more in the UK to apply for citizenship after two years. We are happy to make this clear.
The column “A history lesson that floats my boat: the stories of British slave rescues we never hear about” (Jeremy Clarkson, Comment, February 14, 2021) said it was reckoned that the Royal Navy’s operations to end the slave trade cost more than Britain had earned from earlier slaving enterprises. We have been asked to point out that the consensus among historians is that this was not the case, and we are happy to set this on record.
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