In his report of England’s 4-0 defeat by Hungary (14 June), David Hytner mentioned that it was “the nation’s worst home loss since 1928”. As a Scottish émigré, I was disappointed that Hytner didn’t add that it was Scotland who inflicted the famous 5-1 defeat on England in 1928. The Wembley Wizards are part of Scottish football folklore and every sporting Scot feels an obligation to recall the outcome of the match whenever an opportunity arises.
Mike Pender
Cardiff
• The prime minister said that he was surprised at Lord Geidt’s resignation (Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt resigns after Partygate grilling, 15 June). The only surprise everyone else feels is why it took 18 months for Geidt to realise that Boris Johnson doesn’t take advice and doesn’t understand the meaning of the word ethics.
Angela Barton
Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire
• Boris Johnson has an ethics adviser? That’s like Casanova having a celibacy adviser.
Richard Pickvance
London
• To lose one ethics adviser may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness.
Paul Keleher
London
• Will courts now accept the “doctrine of necessity” from people stealing food, clothes or other essentials that they cannot afford (EU poised to take legal action against UK over Northern Ireland protocol bill, 13 June)?
Titus Alexander
Galashiels, Scottish Borders
• I am in my 70s but, unlike so many of my peers (Letters, 10 June), I don’t go upstairs on the bus, for fear that I’ll get there and wonder what I’ve gone up for.
Lynne Scrimshaw
London
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