All I learned from Nick Clegg’s interview (‘If the people who ran Facebook were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked there’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, Trump and leaving Silicon Valley, 23 August) is (a) his fawning homage to his former boss means that he is keeping his career options open and (b) he still doesn’t get why people despise him for his role in the coalition government. Zuckerberg, Cameron and Osborne may not be monsters, but the real harms they have wrought and their lack of any kind of accountability, responsibility or contrition are truly monstrous.
Simon Collin
Yate, Gloucestershire
• A letter (22 August) perpetuates the claim that Angela Rayner is bent on selling off allotments for development. It isn’t true, as is clear from a close reading of your 5 August article, which unfortunately had the unhelpful headline “Jeremy Corbyn warns rules on council asset sales threaten allotments”. They don’t, they haven’t been changed, and sales have actually fallen slightly.
Steve Loveman
Sheffield
• Why did you publish the summer bank holiday jumbo crossword, for elite cruciverbalists, in the paper (23 August) and relegate the usual prize grid, for mere mortals, to online? Saturday afternoon in the pub ruined – thanks for nothing.
Glenn Hackney
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
• Another irritating prefix used by politicians (Letters, 27 August) is “let me be clear” – usually followed by obfuscation.
Karen Fletcher
North Anston, South Yorkshire
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• This article was amended on 31 August 2025 to correct the location of Stratford-upon-Avon as being in Warwickshire, not West Midlands as an earlier version said.
