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David Davis’s delusion about our ‘free’ press

The first copies of the Sun newspaper roll off the printing press.
The first copies of the Sun newspaper roll off the printing press. Photograph: AP

Re David Davis’s article on free speech (The Mail and the Telegraph owned by the same man? It would be a disaster for the UK’s free press, 28 September), as the old saying goes: “Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.” Anyone who believes the UK has a free press is delusional.
Joseph Quinn
Belfast

• Finding shirts with a breast pocket isn’t a problem in charity shops (Letters, 28 September). You also tell the fashion industry who is boss.
Michael Ayton
Durham

• Your article on inheritance tax (Scrapping inheritance tax would cost £15bn a year by 2032, says IFS, 27 September) reminds me of a quote attributed to the late David Frost: “A conservative is someone who demands a square deal for the rich.”
Peter Brooker
London

• Our cat Chloe would like it to be known that she is fine wearing a bell, but when it comes to killing wildlife she’s an amateur compared with the poison shelf of our local garden centre (Letters, 25 September).
Charles Harris
London

• Fried egg for a buck rarebit (Letters, 28 September)? No! It must be poached.
Janet Mansfield
Aspatria, Cumbria

• Have an opinion on anything you’ve read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.

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