Re David Davis’s article on free speech (The Mail and the Telegraph owned by the same man? It would be a disaster for the UK’s free press, 28 September), as the old saying goes: “Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.” Anyone who believes the UK has a free press is delusional.
Joseph Quinn
Belfast
• Finding shirts with a breast pocket isn’t a problem in charity shops (Letters, 28 September). You also tell the fashion industry who is boss.
Michael Ayton
Durham
• Your article on inheritance tax (Scrapping inheritance tax would cost £15bn a year by 2032, says IFS, 27 September) reminds me of a quote attributed to the late David Frost: “A conservative is someone who demands a square deal for the rich.”
Peter Brooker
London
• Our cat Chloe would like it to be known that she is fine wearing a bell, but when it comes to killing wildlife she’s an amateur compared with the poison shelf of our local garden centre (Letters, 25 September).
Charles Harris
London
• Fried egg for a buck rarebit (Letters, 28 September)? No! It must be poached.
Janet Mansfield
Aspatria, Cumbria
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