No, Boris Johnson, not all academics are lefties in corduroy

Boris Johnson’s tour of Palestine collapsed when event organisers objected to his ‘misinformed and disrespectful’ remarks. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

“A bunch of corduroy-jacketed lefty academics”, said Boris Johnson (theguardian.com, 9 November). I voted Conservative and wear skinny jeans with my leather jacket. I have worked in a Russell Group university and in a Palestinian university on the West Bank. I am infuriated by Johnson’s remarks. Perhaps I’ll become a corduroy-wearing Labour voter.
Jane Diamond
Butleigh, Somerset

• How can the academy sponsor Bright Tribe possibly be awarded cash from the DfE when its aim is to support schools with their “improvement journeys” (DfE’s short cut to being ‘well established’, Education, 10 November)?
Jan Church
Winchester, Hampshire

• End of (Letters, passim).
Steve Vanstone
Wolverhampton

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