Why I’m not jumping for joy over Boris Johnson’s baby

Boris Johnson with his fiancee Carrie Symonds at a Six Nations rugby match in March this year. They announced the birth of their son on Wednesday. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

I object to being assumed to have a “heart of stone” just because I’m among those who remain utterly indifferent to all but the possible political fallout of the assorted vicissitudes of the prime minister’s personal life (Boris Johnson’s baby is the perfect symbol of his personality-driven politics, 29 April). I fear that Martin Kettle is sliding into sentimentality.
Dr Brigid Purcell
Norwich

• Congratulations are in order to the PM and his fiancee. I wonder what the child will be called. Perhaps they will follow the classical style favoured by Jacob Rees-Mogg and go for Sextus? Or perhaps Septimus? Octavian? Dodecadus? Only Boris knows.
Simon Cherry
Claygate, Surrey

• Since we are not sure how many children Boris Johnson has fathered (Report, 30 April), I suggest the new arrival be named “Enth”.
Michael Riggs
Frome, Somerset

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