Article 3JW55 Does Eton teach this inexact science? | Brief letters

Does Eton teach this inexact science? | Brief letters

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Alexander Nix and Eton College | Boris Johnson | Insolvency work | Blue passports | Mnemonics

I'm wondering if that "top school", Eton college, gives classes in terminological inexactitude? Or is it more a case of honing that English habit of dissembling? Alexander Nix (Report, 20 March) - I was drawing out the client to see how far he'd go. David Cameron - whatever the result of the referendum I'll stay and see it through. Boris Johnson! Is it in addition to the daily lessons in how to be so successfully "up themselves"? Did Matilda go to Eton? Am I just a whingeing pleb? (PS Apologies to Humphrey Lyttelton.)
Anna Ford
London

" Boris Johnson's comparison of the Russia World Cup with Hitler's Olympics (Report, 22 March) is no doubt inspired by his use of the London Olympics for self-aggrandisement, political gain, and as an aside a thumbs-up for the Conservatives.
Steven King
Crewkerne, Somerset

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