His director of communications assures us that the prime minister is “not a complete clown” (Report, 7 February). I love all mountebanks, trick cyclists, contortionists, street cardsharps, living statues and the like. Why does my blood run cold at this incomplete clown?
John Birtwhistle
Sheffield
• Given the jolly meeting of Boris Johnson and Guto Harri singing lines from Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive, how long before we hear Conservative MPs singing “Go … walk out the door, just turn around now, ’cause you’re not welcome any more”?
Dave Harris
Bristol
• I am aware that the Guardian’s style guide frowns on the use of titles and ancestries, but perhaps an exception could be made for the Hon Kirstie Allsopp, daughter of the 6th Baron Hindlip, when she pontificates on why young people find it harder to buy a house than she did at their age(No, Kirstie Allsopp, cancelling Netflix won’t buy a house – in any location?, 7 February).
Dr Chris Howell
Newcastle upon Tyne
• When our neighbour’s daughter gained admission to an upmarket school, little Jimmy observed: “She’ll be speaking all pound notey now” (Letters, 6 February).
Mike Day
Cambridge
• I cannot remember more uplifting column inches than those penned by the young country diarists on Saturday (5 February). Ash and Rohan shared heartfelt observations. Maybe they are the Attenboroughs and Packhams of the future. Well done, Guardian, for giving young people space to tell us old cynics what they think.
Frances Kitson
Kingston upon Thames, London
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