Michal B Paradowski (Letters, 27 September) refers to chips as “fluffy on the inside and proudly skin-on”. No chip shop in the north, where we know about these things, would ever serve chips with the skin on. Never heard of it, never experienced it. Maybe it’s different in Cambridge?
Sue Leyland
Hunmanby, North Yorkshire
Robert Gibbs (Letters, 26 September) says “Only toffs can afford nannies”. Far from it. Financially it was very difficult but, as a single mother, employing a nanny was the only way to provide for my child and work as a doctor, which I did full-time. I agree with his main point about the need for a “maternal state” (positive) rather than a “nanny state” (pejorative).
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It’s not only toffs who have nannies. Many Scottish children call their grandmother Nanny, including my seven grandchildren. It’s a shame this term has become a jibe.
Caroline Ellis
Edinburgh
If you are so worried about plastic lids, why not just make hummus yourself (Letters, 29 September). It is the easiest food to make and you can tweak it according to your preference.
Val Mainwood
Wivenhoe, Essex
If the government intends the increased policing of benefit fraud to remain with the DWP (Report, 24 September), someone will need to keep track of the department’s penchant for error, misreading, misunderstanding, obduracy and bureaucratic bullying.
Gary Yershon
London
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