Chris Elliott (Open Door, 9 March) rightly describes radical as a problematic label. I was once secretary of the Alliance of Radical Methodists (ARM). Methodists can be radical but an extremist Methodist simply does not exist. I suspect the same may also be said of the group we occasionally got confused with – the Association of Radical Midwives.
Rev Geoff Reid
Bradford
• John Crace (The politics sketch, 7 March) says Prince Philip would have to be hung if the Greens were to ban killing elephants and tigers. That would be “hanged”, unless they want to eat him.
Frank Welsh
Balsall Common, West Midlands
• It concerns me that the ongoing debate about relocating MPs and peers (Parliament is falling down. So should Dunsop Bridge be the new capital of Britain?, 7 March) has failed to take into account the potential impact on HP Sauce. If the Palace of Westminster no longer houses parliament, what will the manufacturers put on the label?
Hugh Smith
Worthing, West Sussex
• James Pinchin’s piece (Getting lost in hospitals costs the NHS and patients, theguardian.com, 5 March) puts me in mind of the old Royal Navy system: label every compartment or flat (passageway) in a ship with a code number that told you instantly what deck you were on, how far forward or aft, and how far to port or starboard. It didn’t cure sea-sickness, but it didn’t need GPS, moving parts or batteries, and was less messy than balls of string.
James Sandeman
Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire
• Your article (In praise of … the Polish language, 7 March) reminded me of the many joyous occasions in my youth listening to Norris McWhirter commentating on the Polish Olympic steeplechase gold medallist Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak.
Jan Wiczkowski
Manchester
• Margaret Beetham (Letters, 9 March) should be pleased to see six letters from women out of 13 that day. Not sure about Chris Hodgkins’s but, as it’s packed with data, could be male. No Johns, either (Fewer women leading FTSE firms than men called John, 7 March).
John Bailey
St Albans, Hertfordshire
