In it together | Victor Grayson | Going plastic-free | Talented dogs | Codeword puzzlesHeadlines from Monday’s paper (17 July): “Overpaid public sector” (p24); “Restrict rises in living wage,bosses urge” (p22); “Shareholders receive a £33bn dividend bonanza (p20); “Even in Sweden, the wealthy keep getting richer” (p17); “Presidential proposals will widen America’s wealth gap” (p17); “Chancellor urges restraint on public sector pay” (p4); “Schools are ‘forced to beg parents for money to stay afloat’” (p4). Apparently, and we’re all (still) in it together.
Adrian Stenton
Saffron Walden,Essex Naming children after Labour politicians is nothing new (How many kids are really named after Corbyn, G2, and 17 July). Following Victor Grayson’s sensational byelection victory in Colne Valley on 18 July 1907,hundreds were given his name, the most illustrious being a later general secretary of the TUC, and Victor Grayson Hardie Feather.
David Clark
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Source: theguardian.com