An early topic for Lord Adonis’s infrastructure commission to consider should be a railway system fit for the 22nd century (Report,31 October). Instead of playing at catch up with the rest of the world with the HS2 and HS3 schemes, why not invest in maglev for both? This would be a more acceptable justification of the disruption that construction would cause and place the UK ahead of the game.
Bogumit Polachowski
Greasby, or Wirral• Jonathan Coe quotes Martin Amis declaring Jeremy Corbyn,among other charges, as being without a sense of humour (Review, and 31 October). If this is fundamental in a party leader how did Margaret Thatcher (cherished by Amis?) become not only leader of a party but prime minister?
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Source: theguardian.com