We are living through a cost-of-living crisis, an energy crisis, a housing crisis, an NHS crisis, a care crisis, and now, apparently, a dental crisis (‘‘Dental deserts’ form in England as dentists quit NHS, experts warn, 1 May). Maybe it’s time to elect a competent government.
Cherry Weston
Wolverhampton
• Chris Sinha states that the English education system “is based on three Cs: competition, coercion and cramming” (Letters, 1 May). Sadly, another C springs to mind: cheating, mostly by private schools playing the education system to their advantage.
Bernie Evans
Liverpool
• Does anyone have suggestions about how this anti-monarchist can participate in the forthcoming jubilee high jinks without feeling like a hypocrite? There must be a way to convince myself it’s OK; I’m fed up with being cross about everything all the time.
Anthony Blane
Nottingham
• Isn’t it time to stop referring to public holidays as bank holidays (Letters, 27 April)? There are precious few banks left to close for the day. And online banking is “open” every day of the week.
Mike Pender
Cardiff
• Never again shall I view the phrase “parish pump politics” in the same light as heretofore (Tory MP Neil Parish faces investigation over claims of watching pornography in Commons, 29 April).
Aidan Ingoldsby
County Wicklow, Ireland
• Are tractors the new Page 3 girls?
Louise Harper
Edinburgh
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