Here’s a way to make politics more equal | Brief letters
Further to Michelle Bachelet’s excellent article about women fixing politics (
This mammoth year of elections has shown how badly global politics is neglecting women, 6 December
), I have often thought that, for equality, each constituency should elect two MPs: one male, one female. With that method, the differing ways of thinking can be covered. However, in the long run what is needed is a total change in our political systems to prevent the plutocracies we now have.Gerard W Cavalier
Southampton
• Maybe the nearby fast food chains would be put out of business if all schools provided students with free healthy and filling meals at lunchtime and when school days end (
Fast food chains accused of ‘flooding’ areas near UK schools with unhealthy options, 4 December
). After all, aren’t we a very rich country keen to invest in our children and future workforce?Emma Tait
London
• Michel Barnier’s prime ministerial tenure “was the shortest of any administration since the Fifth Republic began in 1958” (
).
Even so, at 91 days, that’s almosttwo lettuces
.Hugh Brayne
Cockermouth, Cumbria
• Re your letters on dogs in public spaces (
), I was reminded of a friend from Yorkshire who was walking along when approached savagely by a large dog. The owner said: “Don’t worry about him, he is insured.”David Gollifer
Colchester
• Will the brave person who mounts a campaign to reclaim outdoor spaces from dogs also include anywhere indoors where food is served?
Marion Kuit
Kendal,
Cumbria
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