Dear Sir, Your article on April 13 in which you reported that Baroness Symons stated that Bermuda "must accept high standards of Government, of law and order, and probity in public life'' must surely be a misprint.

The government of which Baroness Symons is a member has had a senior minister resign because of a questionable loan from the Paymaster General who himself is under investigation because of questionable financial practices. I have lost count of other British MPs who have taken under the counter payments, have bizarre sex lives, or who are just crooked. The whole European Commission has resigned because of corruption and gross mismanagement. On top of that the Labour Party has had (or still has) corrupt administrators in places like London, Liverpool and Glasgow.

Bermuda has had some terrible examples of MPs behaving badly. The worst case I can think of is when Harry Viera turned off the lights at 4 a.m. in the House of Assembly about eight years ago during the Budget debate and was censured for that horrific act.

Am I the only one who thinks it a little strange that we must be subjected to lectures about probity from people who have little understanding about what that word means? Perhaps Baroness Symons should consult with President Clinton and they jointly could hold a seminar in Bermuda in order to teach us how to reach the high standards of "probity in public life'' established by our betters in UK, Europe and USA.

What humbug -- what hypocrisy -- what a cheek.

ROBERT STEWART Flatts Govt. has to say no April 14, 1999 Dear Sir, Like Dr. Godwin, we know God created all living things, cannabis, poppies, scorpions and snakes. The sea has poisonous puffer fish, jelly fish, men o'war and fish with huge jaws. The mammals are quite plentiful with many dangerous like lions, tigers and even dogs.

Lets not forget man is supposed to be God's greatest creation in god's own image, but it seems right now, Dr. Godwin, God's most useful creation is killing each other in whatever way is possible be it cannabis or gun-powder.

Government has to step in somewhere and say no.

SARA MARQUARDT Paget