What next? Union jacks in bureaux?

As a former Reuters correspondent, I'm writing to express my sheer amazement that Thomson Reuters can even consider signing a covenant that honours the British armed forces, or any armed forces for that matter. No global organisation that has built its reputation on reporting news in an unbiased and neutral manner should even consider signing such a covenant. I don't know where this idea has come from, but, if it is an initiative from our present government, I suggest that Thomson Reuters will next be asked to place union jacks in its bureaux. ■