HOW predictable to see the Tony and Cherie Blair's travelling circus lurching from photocall to photocall in China (July 22).

Despite the tragic suicide of the honourable Dr David Kelly - an episode in which the Government and its henchman may well be implicated - the Blairs shrug their shoulders and head for the next battery of flashbulbs.

If I, as somebody who never knew Dr David Kelly personally, find this spectacle nauseating, one can only imagine how his widow and daughters must feel when they see Mr and Mrs Blair singing and dancing for the cameras as preparations get under way for Dr Kelly's funeral.

Simon Cawte,

Southwood Farm,

Terrington,

York.

Updated: 11:09 Saturday, July 26, 2003