SIR – The leaked e-mails on climate change are, indeed, damning for those scientists who claim global warming is man-made.

Professor Jones claimed the word “trick” has been misinterpreted, but how can it be when it has been used to hide the decline in global temperatures.

The word “hide” cannot be misinterpreted, neither can the contents of other e-mails disclosed. No doubt your correspondent Keith Thomson will give us the correct interpretation and claim it is just a blip.

Philip Bird, Nab Wood Terrace, Shipley