Calls for Gianni Infantino to resign as president of Fifa (Editorial, 7 August) raise the question of who is available and suitable to replace him. This calls for a figure who is passionate about football, has international stature with a network of major political players, and a reputation for decency and integrity. Step forward Sir Keir Starmer.
David Cronin
Stockport, Greater Manchester
• As my beautiful wife’s final wish to have a Viking-style burial aboard a flaming boat has been denied permission by the Canal and Rivers Trust, I am now looking at a range of humanist celebrations of life (Letters, 5 August) which will allow myself and our little dogs to howl our way through a collection of Neil Young’s Harvest LP and Nick Cave’s Into Your Arms to give thanks for her life.
Ian Grieve
Gordon Bennett, Llangollen canal
• Re your report (Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’, 5 August), with just a simple “Follow that cab”, the mischievous could create an endless loop, and a mega traffic jam as the AI overrides common sense.
Hannah Kaitlin-Boyer
Mirfield, West Yorkshire
• Shareen Campbell raises a valid point about reminding Clacton voters what happened last time a comedian was elected (Letters, 5 August). But, which of the two main candidates is she referring to?
Pete Lavender
Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire
• I lean to support Simon Jenkins’s defence of our birthright (I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all?, 7 August). Hic.
Mark Westwood
Edinburgh
