I can only assume that none of the rightwing commentators who blame the economic crisis on lockdown lost anyone who was near and dear to them during the pandemic (Reheating old grievances about lockdown won’t keep pensioners warm this winter, 23 August). Sadly, it reminds me of graffiti on a road sign in south Warwickshire over 50 years ago: “Only the selfish vote Tory.”
Bob Forster
Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire
• It’s no surprise that the big grain firms are profiting from people’s hunger (Record profits for grain firms amid food crisis prompt calls for windfall tax, 23 August). I’m no Marxist, but Karl Marx put it well: “Capital is dead labour which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks.”
Sue Ward
Newcastle upon Tyne
• Simon Fairlie’s statement on abundant tree cover in west Dorset (Letters, 21 August) needs clarifying. The West Dorset constituency has tree cover of 1.3%, while tree cover in North, South and Mid Dorset is around 11%, 23% and 10% respectively.
Peter Redman
Puddletown, Dorset
• Double thanks, Guardian. I steer clear of reviews when watching a recorded TV series. But you’ve printed a letter (23 August) giving the plot away for Marriage and I was going to watch it tonight.
Gary Bennett
Exeter
• I’ve never seen our dog shed tears (Letters, 23 August), but he’s had a little howl every morning on waking up and remembering that our grandson has gone home after his summer holiday with us.
Ian Grieve
Gordon Bennett, Shropshire Union canal
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