If civil servants have to make the grade, MPs should too | Brief letters

Performance targets | Jack Vettriano | Art and science | School choirs | King Charles’s song choiceI see that the government is planning a cull of civil servants and will be aiming to incentivise underperformers to leave (9 March). I wonder whether a similar plan is envisaged to deal with politicians of a likewise disposition. If so, we had better prepare for general elections on a much more frequent basis – provided of course that they can be arranged by civil servants of an ac