My daughter tried to explain the Conservative party leadership election to her six-year-old son on Monday morning. She then said she herself wished for a general election. He thought about it for a moment and then said: “But before there’s a general election do all the Conservatives have to have a turn at being the leader?” Out of the mouths of babes…
Stella Acton
Cambridge
• The day we left the UK to come to France in July, the prime minister resigned. On Thursday we left the UK to come to France again. Another prime minister resigned. Is there anyone prepared to pay the travel costs for our next trip in the hope of a hat-trick?
Ted Pawley
Dordogne, France
