So there’s been 55 five years of hurt (Report, 11 July). At least England have a chance of winning the World Cup again next year. I’ve endured 70 years of hurt waiting for the return of a truly leftwing government following Clement Attlee’s defeat in 1951.
David Godfrey
Willingdon, East Sussex
• Readers could spare a thought for those of us whose forename and surname can be transposed (Letters, 11 July). My late father, Austin Jayne, was once admitted to a women’s ward at a local hospital.
Hilary Jayne
Ealing, London
• Has this government, with its well-known propensity for rushing into things without proper consideration of the consequences, thought about the implications of changing the GB car sticker to UK, which will open up opportunities for offensive graffiti additions?
Adrian Cosker
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• As a prediction for what is going to happen to personal responsibility on 19 July, you could not have had a better insight than the football match at Wembley.
Angela Bogle
Bakewell, Derbyshire
• Surely the definitive quote on criticism (Letters, 5 July) comes from George Bernard Shaw: “Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes.”
Louise Lewis
London
• That Lucian Freud was gay is neither here nor there and does not have any bearing on his art (Lucian Freud’s gay relationships explored in new exhibition, 9 July). That he was a bit of a shit does.
Mark Samuel
Ramsgate, Kent
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