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Letters

I agreed with Dave on the Ukippers

A freshly baked fruitcake.
A freshly baked fruitcake. Photograph: Jorg Beuge/Alamy

I don’t always leap to the defence of David Cameron, but a claim that he “spent his time playing to the gallery … among Ukip voters” (Letters, 17 September) is rather contradicted by his admirable and succinct analysis of 2006 when he described Ukippers as “fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists mostly”. I agreed with Dave.
Steve Pound MP
Labour, Ealing North

• Much of Simon Tisdall’s analysis of the present situation relating to Iran is interesting (Journal, 17 September), but it is noticeable that his references to Israel fail to mention Iran’s hostility to that country and its avowed intention to destroy it which, ironically and unfortunately, strengthen Netanyahu’s position.
Jeremy Beecham
Labour, House of Lords

• Until I read his story about the fight for Waltham Holy Cross primary, I had assumed from the headline (How one school exposed the rotten core of our democracy, 18 September) that Aditya Chakrabortty would be writing a column about Eton College.
Susy Penney
London

• I am a Guardian subscriber but I feel I must be an oddity among your readers. Of your top 50 TV shows (G2, 16 September), I have only watched Downton Abbey and Line of Duty. Why do I not feel diminished by this?
Harry Galbraith
Peel, Isle of Man

• How many of the “Top 20 plays of the century … so far” were seen outside London (G2, 18 September)?
Carol Taylor
Matlock, Derbyshire

• I look forward to your publication of the best lists of the 21st century.
John Keane
London

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