Odd that the Conservative whips should be so concerned about Matt Hancock’s absence during the sitting of parliament (Matt Hancock loses Tory whip after agreeing to appear on I’m a Celebrity, 1 November). They didn’t seem to care that Boris Johnson was on his third holiday and only came back because he thought he was in with a chance of being prime minister again.
Alan McElevey
Southampton
• Did Matt Hancock not make the cut for Love Island?
Kelvin McGowan
Chagford, Devon
• When I worked for BBC Radio Kent in the 80s, local Conservative MPs often visited our cramped little premises, keen to speak to their constituents. At least one of these, Roger Gale, is still in the Commons. Now that BBC local radio is under such threat (Report, 30 October), will he speak out in its defence? Somehow I doubt it.
Michael Bath
Rochester, Kent
• In the early 60s at my Catholic primary school, I asked whether the little boy we had been reading about in geography, who lived in the Amazon rainforest, would be able to go to heaven, since he didn’t know about Jesus. I was sent to the headmaster, who told me: “You don’t come to school to ask questions” (Letters, 31 October).
Ros Napier
Birmingham
• Please print a double-page spread of the wonderful art of home decoration shown by the women of Zimbabwe taking part in the My Beautiful Home contest (Report, 31 October). Such amazing talent deserves a much larger exposure.
Ann Lynch
Skipton, North Yorkshire
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