Double standards? “Journalists must be able to do their job without intimidation,” James Cleverly tweeted after the arrest of a BBC journalist in China. Five days earlier, you reported that senior UK police officers had ordered the potentially unlawful arrests of journalists at Just Stop Oil protests (23 November).
Richard Taylor
York
• I recommend a dry December. You avoid making a fool of yourself at the office party, and can claim the moral high ground by being a regular designated driver. By Christmas Eve, your wallet, palate and liver are in fighting form to tackle festive overindulgence.
Paul Whitby
Market Lavington, Wiltshire
