April Fools’ Day tale is right on the money

Denise Coates, head of Bet365, who was paid £421m last year – or was that report ‘a monumental spoof skewering the insanity of modern capitalism’? Photograph: Felix Clay

It’s good to see that the Guardian is back on form with its hilarious April fool (Bet365 boss’s £421m pay for 2020 takes earnings over £1bn in four years, 31 March), this year on the front page of the print edition. I choked with laughter into my muesli reading about Denise Coates, the boss of Bet365, being paid £421m last year. Clearly a monumental spoof skewering the insanity of modern capitalism – brilliant!
Martin Pennington
Leicester

• A fascinating article about the proposed second Suez canal (1 April). I was thoroughly taken in, and my suspicions were not raised by the author of the piece (Flora Lopi) or other clues such as Iver Shovel, OFP Lariol and Mo Sez. It was only when I got to the assertion that UK involvement was offered because of “the prime minister’s successful track record in large-scale infrastructure projects” that I hurriedly checked the date.
Gerwyn Moseley
Windsor, Berkshire