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The time is ripe for an anti-Tory alliance

Richard Foord, left, the new Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Honiton, with the leader of his party, Ed Davey.
Richard Foord, left, the new Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Honiton, with the leader of his party, Ed Davey. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

After the byelection wins by the Lib Dems in Tiverton and Honiton and Labour in Wakefield, this is surely is the moment for an anti-Tory alliance. Ed Davey, Caroline Lucas and Keir Starmer should get together with promises to put the planet first, clean up British politics, and get a grip on the economic crisis. No shilly-shallying, Keir. No “we can go it alone”, Ed. Let’s usher in the leader we all need: Caroline.
Alison Leonard
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

• When my husband was in the last few days of his life in April this year, the community nurse asked him if he would like anything changing. “The government,” he said. Well, we’ve made a start. Thank you.
Gill Garratt
Falmouth, Cornwall

• Boris Johnson would be well advised to remain in Rwanda. There is a splendid modern hotel in Kigali well set up to receive long-stay guests from the UK.
Anne Anderton
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

• I imagine that the prime minister will try to “draw a line” under the two byelection defeats, as well as the resignation of Oliver Dowden as Tory party co-chair. The man has drawn more lines than a cubist.
Tom Stubbs
Surbiton, London

• Boris Johnson says he’ll “keep going”. How soon will he be gone?
Brian Morris
Wakefield

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