Michael Pyke of the Campaign for State Education refers to the Tomlinson report of 2004 (Letters, 30 July), commissioned but then sadly dropped by the Blair government. A year or so later, I, then a FE college principal, recognised Mike Tomlinson at Marylebone station. I told him how sorry I was that his report had not been implemented. He thanked me and said: “It will be, eventually.”
Colin Flint
Claverdon, Warwickshire
• Re vanished food (Letters, 28 July), we knew something was up when Alf, our ginger cat, was wailing outside. He struggled through the cat flap hauling a side of salmon. We never discovered who was missing a delicious supper that night.
Janet Mansfield
Aspatria, Cumbria
• In reply to Siobhán Ní Chuanaigh (Letters, 29 July), “stingy git” may be a hereditary affliction and descendants do not want to pay to place an obituary.
Roshi Saul
Avening, Gloucestershire
• Perhaps the paucity of stingy gits appearing in the obituaries is explained by their motto: if I can’t take it with me, I’m not going.
Eoin Dillon
Dublin, Ireland
• “Hotter summers may force RHS to move hydrangeas to north of England” (Report, 29 July). Another Andy Burnham initiative perhaps?
Mick Beeby
Bristol
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