By threatening the government with legal action over a new Heathrow runway (Report, 11 October), Theresa May’s local council will be at odds with most MPs and many of its own residents and businesses. Windsor and Maidenhead council claims it was elected on a mandate to oppose expansion, but local taxpayers have not given the council permission to hand over tens of thousands to expensive lawyers. Many would prefer their hard-earned cash to be spent on creating local jobs, not preventing them.
Rob Gray
Director, Back Heathrow
• Denigrating the role of the British prime minister to that of clothes horse for high fashion is not just sexist (Personal political broadcast, G2, 11 October); such focus on female appearance is a needless distraction from the increasingly damaging rightwing policies of the Tory government.
Rachel Burgess
Wokingham, Berkshire
• Is it just me who thinks the looks and mannerisms of our prime minister are reminiscent of that great character actress Margaret Rutherford?
Dennis Ruston
Derby
• Clint Backhouse claims that golf clubs are a likely home for “locker room banter” of a particular type (Letters, 12 October). I am a member of two golf clubs and my experience does not reflect his suggestion. A typical attempt at banter would be to ridicule me for being a Guardian reader.
Michael Lodge
London
• What’s all this fuss about Shami Chakrabarti sending her son to private school (Report, 10 October)? Surely as the ex-chairperson of Liberty, she’s free to do what she likes.
Roger Greatorex
London
• I wholeheartedly agree with Bruce Kent (Letters, 12 October) on Michael Fallon’s plan for 150 more school cadet corps. But has Mr Fallon ever watched Lindsay Anderson’s If?
Tony Rimmer
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
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