Further to Michelle Bachelet’s excellent article about women fixing politics (This mammoth year of elections has shown how badly global politics is neglecting women, 6 December), I have often thought that, for equality, each constituency should elect two MPs: one male, one female. With that method, the differing ways of thinking can be covered. However, in the long run what is needed is a total change in our political systems to prevent the plutocracies we now have.
Gerard W Cavalier
Southampton
Maybe the nearby fast food chains would be put out of business if all schools provided students with free healthy and filling meals at lunchtime and when school days end (Fast food chains accused of ‘flooding’ areas near UK schools with unhealthy options, 4 December). After all, aren’t we a very rich country keen to invest in our children and future workforce?
Emma Tait
London
Michel Barnier’s prime ministerial tenure “was the shortest of any administration since the Fifth Republic began in 1958” (Report, 4 December). Even so, at 91 days, that’s almost two lettuces.
Hugh Brayne
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Re your letters on dogs in public spaces (6 December), I was reminded of a friend from Yorkshire who was walking along when approached savagely by a large dog. The owner said: “Don’t worry about him, he is insured.”
David Gollifer
Colchester
Will the brave person who mounts a campaign to reclaim outdoor spaces from dogs also include anywhere indoors where food is served?
Marion Kuit
Kendal, Cumbria
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