On the front of an envelope from Southern Water, a message says “We’re working to save water – thanks for helping.”

The anti-fracking protesters at Balcombe were doing just that.

I wonder what the ordinary citizens of the Haywards Heath area would think if there were a drought? What if there was a hosepipe ban while the oil industry was allowed to use as much water as it wanted to extract shale gas?

Ian Fyvie, Golf Drive, Brighton