Alberto Alemanno’s article notes the cynical response from business (and citizens) to the EU regulating the plastic bottle cap to stay attached to the bottle (How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation, 27 May). Go to any Kenyan beach on the Indian Ocean and it will shame you for laughing at this supposed “overregulation”; millions of detached plastic bottle caps lie among the washed-up seaweed along the beaches. EU regulations are not made by idiots just to irritate people.
Guy Hibbert
London
• While your article (UK heatwave triggers price rises for hot tubs and air conditioning units, 27 May) contains some useful advice on price comparison, a more accurate version of the headline would surely be “Suppliers profiteer from UK heatwave”. In the words of the great Nina Simone, tell it like it is.
Shareen Campbell
Bristol
