Is this checkmate for Rishi Sunak? | Brief letters
by Guardian Staff from Science | The Guardian on (#6EGRZ)
Sunak screwed across the board | Animal behaviour | Spot the ball | Fresher ingredients | Raac in Ancient Rome
Another German word for Rishi Sunak's situation (Letters, 3 September) is zugzwang, a term in chess for a poor position, where any move would make the current bad situation even worse.
Christopher Pankhurst
Winchester
Zoe Williams' father, who, she writes, hated Carl Jung (5 September) would have appreciated the cartoon in which one rat says to another: I've really got this psychologist conditioned; every time I press this lever he gives me food."
David Cooper
Nafferton, East Yorkshire