Re the legal row over the use of the word “taqueria” (Row between London taco restaurants gets spicy over use of ‘taqueria’, 16 September), here in Challans, Vendée, we have a sign that reads “O’Tacos: Original French Tacos” (yes, it’s in English), which is wrong on so many levels.
Sally Cheseldine
Challans, Vendée, France
• I have no problem with lifting the cap on bankers’ bonuses, and letting employers pay what they like, provided those payments are then taxed at a fair and reasonable rate (Kwarteng plan to lift cap on bankers’ bonuses infuriates unions, 15 September). I would suggest that a rate of 95% is both fair and reasonable.
Dave Pollard
Leicester
• I too lived through the 1960s and 70s, but I don’t remember energy bills being unaffordable (Letters, 19 September). In those times, most of the basics were affordable, including rents. Today, bailiffs are not a “silent threat”, but a real one. Thatcherism’s legacy has been to make the essentials of life unaffordable for many.
David Redshaw
Saltdean, East Sussex
• Isn’t it sad that our roads are such that Bob Caldwell (Letters, 19 September) had to wait for a state funeral before the A5 was safe enough for his bike ride?
Dave Beakhust
Salisbury
• An apposite saying on dealing with empty-nest syndrome (Letters, 16 September) is that there are two things you can give your offspring if you hope to see them again: a nest and wings.
Roger Mears
London
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