Re the Tory leadership debate on Monday night (Report, 25 July), Simon and Garfunkel got it right: “Laugh about it, shout about it / When you’ve got to choose / Every way you look at this, you lose.”
Rob Horne
Coventry
• The Tory TV debate was a great example of cognitive dissonance. Yes, we are Thatcherites – a wonderful woman. Yes, we want levelling up, which will mean much to “red wall” constituencies. But didn’t Thatcher’s economic policies wreck industry and employment in red wall areas?
Peter Brooker
West Wickham, London
