So one of the main planks of Nigel Farage’s campaign for election in South Thanet (Opinion, 13 April) is on-the-spot fines for dogs fouling paths. You have to admire his chutzpah in choosing to base himself in the Racing Greyhound pub in, of all places, Dumpton Park.
Bob Davey
Sheffield
• I’m no fan of Hillary Clinton’s politics (Editorial, 13 April), but if a female politician in her late 60s was elected US president, it would be a satisfying two fingers up to the clean-shaven men in suits who routinely fill such jobs.
Keith Flett
London
• The headline on Felix Salmon’s piece (13 April) suggests the Keep it in the Ground campaign is “a matter of basic ethics”. Many Guardian readers, perhaps most, would have been supporters of Coal Not Dole 30 years ago. Were we wrong? Or do basic ethics change over time?
Kevin Hughes
York
• Moving towards a sustainable future includes consideration of the language we use. Surely the houses in California (Eyewitness, 10 April) are encroaching on the desert, not the other way round?
Andy Smith
Belvedere, Kent
• Not one of the Chinese school students pictured (Eyewitness, 13 April) is writing with their left hand. Are all left-handed children in China forced to write right-handed?
Caroline Ewans
London
• My local Boots has a sign on the counter which reads “the responsible pharmacist on duty today is …”. Not sure what that says about the second pharmacist behind the counter (Letters, 13 April).
Melinda Blackburn
Morpeth, Northumberland
• Can I suggest a slogan for a homeopath store that might help them sell their remedies: “You won’t get any better.”
Alan Cleaver
Whitehaven, Cumbria
