Contrary to your letter writer’s claim (10 August), Rafael Behr chose the right term (Britain is trapped in political purgatory – waiting for its undead government to fall, 9 August). Hell is permanent, but purgatory is temporary – you get out eventually. And while paradise isn’t on offer to voters, we could have government for the many, not the few.
Jenny Tillyard
Seaford, East Sussex
• I wonder if young women who are feeling increasing pressure from harassment not to take their bikini tops off on the beach in France (Marie Le Conte, 10 August) feel more sympathy than the French state has shown for Muslim women who have been penalised for covering up to swim?
Nandita Dowson
London
