We were stopped in a service station in France by a family who looked at our car and said how much they admired our president. It took a few strange looks while I said what a liar he was, referenced illegal parties and how ashamed of him we were before they realised that UK on our car meant United Kingdom, not Ukraine.
Penny Pickles
London
• Your editorial on partygate (12 April) says: “There is one set of rules for those in power and another for the rest of us.” This is misleading. There appear to be no rules for those in power.
Richard Barr
Nottingham
• I didn’t want a party. I just wanted my mother’s funeral to be attended by more than 20 people and last more than 20 minutes. A cup of tea afterwards would have been nice.
Maxine Leyland
London
• I would love to see the iconic Athlone House in Highgate, north London, restored to its role as an NHS convalescent home (Letters, 13 April). I worked at the Middlesex hospital in the 1970s. Following surgery, patients could recover in beautiful surroundings overlooking Hampstead Heath. No one thought this remarkable – it was part of the service provision.
Lynne Scrimshaw
London
• It is an excellent idea to use a fork-type implement to lift the lid on a toilet (Letters, 15 April). Here in the North West Cape of Australia, we use a similar device. Not so much for maintaining personal hygiene, but more to check for snakes, scorpions or spiders.
Julian Hodge
Exmouth, North West Cape, Australia
