A few years ago, we met a beautiful and unusually marked cockapoo on a beach in Cornwall. On seeing my husband’s “Nurses not nukes” T-shirt, the man with him said: “I assume you are Guardian readers. This is Herbie, John Crace’s dog.” Friends were looking after him while John cooked the lunch. Delighted to read Herbie’s hilarious account of political life! (‘The glass ceiling for dogs had been broken!’ Herbie the cockapoo on his years working for Sunak and Starmer).
Mary Stiff
Broadclyst, Devon
I don’t have an opinion per se on Wimbledon’s dropping of line judges (Report, 9 October), but it will be a relief to be spared the hideous and unflattering Ralph Lauren uniforms they were forced to wear in recent years.
Liz Fuller
London
If a person earns £91,346 (plus expenses) from one job as an MP and more than £500,000 (no doubt plus expenses) from another as a KC, which should be described as their first job and which their second? (Geoffrey Cox missed winter fuel votes while working abroad in second job, 11 October).
Ted Dilloway
Soueich, Haute-Garonne, France
This is small change in the big scheme of things, I know. But could the forthcoming budget announce the end of 1p and 2p coins? They are such a faff.
Keith Rogers
Stockport, Greater Manchester
In the roundup of Keir Starmer’s first 100 days in power (Report, 12 October), you ask “What has Labour done?”. Short answer: annoyed everyone!
Tim Bennett-Goodman
London
Source: theguardian.com
