Conservative leadership

Snakes and ladders

Sir, – Could the Conservative 1922 Committee please obtain character references from the leadership candidates’ former nannies, to help them avoid electing another monstrous toddler? – Yours, etc,

HAZEL COFFEY,

Westport,

Co Mayo.

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Sir, – Having been an early supporter of “herd immunity” in relation to Covid-19, Boris Johnson is now painfully aware that there is no such thing as “immunity from the herd”. – Yours, etc,

DAVID LOUGHLIN,

Rathmines,

Dublin 6.

Sir, – The headline over Denis Staunton’s article on the Irish Times website on Saturday states that “British politics has become a game of snakes and ladders on speed” (July 9th).

I always thought that it was just a game of snakes and more snakes. – Yours, etc,

DENIS MURPHY,

Clonskeagh,

Dublin 14.