James Graham may well be correct about the physical and mental stress that is “part and parcel” of a hung parliament (Opinion, 14 June). However, the membership of the current parliament is healthier physically than that of the 1970s, especially in terms of the number of heavy smokers. The irony is that back then the parliamentary chamber was one of the few places where MPs could not indulge their fatal habit.
Frank Desmond
Cork City, Ireland
• As an aficionado I can assure Stefan Wickham that there will be no rush of British flamenco dance teachers to replace the Spaniards (Norway or no way? Can Efta fix it for Brexit Britain?, Letters, 14 June). Contrary to the impression of a lot of stamping, it is an extremely arduous and complex discipline. Even the Spanish ballet star Tamara Rojo is reluctant to dance flamenco.
David Redshaw
Gravesend, Kent
• A few years ago on a train stuck in Eastleigh station the consensus emerged that it was the fault of “bloody British Rail” (The Passengers that Took on the Train Line, Last night’s TV, 15 June). “It’s not British Rail, it’s South West Trains – privatised,” I said. From that point on, all the way to Waterloo, the mini Dunkirk spirit was replaced with an icy silence. Despite everything, a majority in this area voted Tory at the last election.
Dr John Fisher
Eastleigh, Hampshire
• Re “Conditions in Ivanka clothing factory laid bare” (14 June), why hasn’t President Daddy Trump been calling for these jobs to be brought “home” to Midtown Manhattan from Indonesia?
Bob Ross
London
• As a teacher whose students are sitting the first of Michael Gove’s “reformed” linear A-levels this month, I can confirm that if Gove does for the environment what he did for education, we are all doomed (Gove’s recall is an act of environmental vandalism, 14 June).
Mark Rathbone
Broadstone, Dorset
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