Gary Younge’s article on the universal hypocrisy in relation to racism being expressed by both of our main political parties is the most honest and ruthlessly coruscating essay I’ve read since James Baldwin (In Britain’s degraded politics, fighting racism has become a cynical game, 15 March). It should be framed on the walls of every office used by journalists and politicians in the land.
Jonathan Callan
London
The propulsion of rockets is described as due to “flames and hot gases, which push against the ground and cause it to travel upwards” (The kids quiz, 9 March). Apart from the grammatical failure, which has the ground moving upwards, what happened to Newton’s laws? Have they been discarded as the work of a dead white male?
John Hall
Bristol
Further to Dr Helen Care’s rhapsodic endorsement (Letters, 6 March) of Polly Toynbee’s clarion call to bring joy back to the education system (The Tories have sucked the joy from the education system. Here are three ways Labour can bring it back, 29 February), might I suggest a touch of nominative determinism? Why not colleges of fervour education?
Ian Barge
Ludlow, Shropshire
There wasn’t enough space in last Saturday’s 16-page Guardian Sport for even a mention of Salford’s first win at St Helens in their 41 attempts since 1980. Perhaps you could squeeze one into your letters page.
Ian Cawthron
Cuffley, Hertfordshire
