Leonard Cohen will get us through the election despair
John Crace often usefully employs Leonard Cohen lyrics, in this case Anthem (The politics sketch, 26 June). Could not all your election pieces be prefaced by a verse from Cohen, Bob Dylan or others to sweeten the dose of despair? I’m sure readers would have many suggestions.
Brian Smith
Berlin, Germany
• The motto for Rishi Sunak’s old school is “Manners makyth man”. After Wednesday night’s TV debate, perhaps he should get detention.
Norman Gowar
London
• I agree that speed awareness course leaders can be great entertainers (Letters, 25 June). I have been on three so far. Maybe they’re not so effective, though.
Andy Cook
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
• Re pétanque being regarded as London-centric (Letters, 23 June), while on holiday in Scotland last month, we stopped at a cafe in a village near Stirling. Next to the outdoor tables was an obviously well-used pétanque court.
Barbara Thompson
Sheffield
• Re the meaning of “clout bombing”, I had Milliganesque visions of attacks by boiled puddings (Letters, 25 June). In my Northumbrian family, a clout is a cloth. A clootie dumpling is a pudding boiled in a cloth.
Marion Kuit
Kendal, Cumbria
• Interesting that Denmark is the happiest country in Europe (Britons think UK is in a bad way, but French more pessimistic, survey shows, 25 June) – a country with one of the highest tax takes among OECD countries. Maybe you get what you pay for.
John Kinder
Romsey, Hampshire
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