Your extended coverage of the Panama Papers leak (The link between party supporters and the global network of tax havens, 5 April) included the names of two eminent people called Banks and Flight profiled as having connections with tax havens and secretive companies. Even more interesting was the former politician called Mates invited by a friend on to the board of an offshore company.
Simon Reynolds
Wirksworth, Derbyshire
• We were just getting over the loss of The Night Manager when reality rode to the rescue: daily stories of secretive offshore companies in exotic locations, powerful individuals hiding behind convoluted chains of intermediaries and apparent links back to the establishment. If only it wasn’t so thoroughly unsurprising.
Mark Austin
Horsmonden, Kent
• In light of the leak from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca, I was struck by an item in the FAQ section of its co-founder Ramón Fonseca’s website that says “El talón de Aquiles de la humanidad es... La pasión sin fin a las cosas materiales, y el desprecio creciente a los asuntos del espíritu” (Humanity’s achilles heel is... endless passion for material things, and the growing neglect of spiritual matters).
Professor Gustavo San Roman
University of St Andrews
• I wonder how many of those protesting in Reykjavik realise that these revelations are only the tip of the iceberg (Iceland: Thousands gather in capital’s streets to demand PM’s resignation, 5 April)?
Dave Shonfield
London
• While saluting the courage of the Panama whistleblower, I hope that – having incurred the wrath of certain dangerously powerful people – he has taken care to cover his tracks.
Susan Mann
Faversham, Kent
• I wonder when that well-known palindrome “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama” will be used in a Guardian headline?
Penny Maris
Brighton
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