Our first child was born in Singapore, 30 years ago, through no fault of their own. As UK citizens, we briefly lived there, came back to the UK, had two more children and have lived here ever since. Yet Reform UK would make it harder for our first child to get social housing than their siblings, who were born here (Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list, 23 August). How does that make sense?
Ian Bourne
London
• Re birds’ association with death (Letters, 26 August), in the eight years since the death of my wife, Victoria, a robin has been popping in most days to say hello and pick up stray crumbs from the dog’s biscuits. It can’t be the same robin over all that time as they have such a short lifespan. Is it a message of love from Victoria? No. Is it welcome and heartwarming? Yes.
Denis Nightingale
Stithians, Cornwall
