Silly me. When Cameron said in 2010, “vote blue, go green” I didn’t realise he was referring to the TV debate in 2015 (Report, 9 January).
Alan Ford
Saltdean, East Sussex
• Would you please not use term bedblockers (Report, 7 January). This neoliberal language dehumanises people to commodities and treats them as a transactional contract, rather than humans. They are vulnerable people that need us to love them, care for them and provide them with a decent quality of life by paying a bit more tax.
Brian Keegan
Peterborough
• Whoaaa! Alex Hern (Why it’s smart to be dumb, 7 January) promotes more traditional alternatives to the latest gadgets – the apparently now antiquarian Kindle, instead of the iPad. If you want to read a book, get a book. To quote Hern: “They’re simple, they work.”
Brian Lake
President, Antiquarian Booksellers Association
