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If we have to have a British remake of Old Enough, perhaps it could involve giving cabinet ministers simple tasks to do on their own, such as travelling on public transport, telling the truth or being kind. We would have to put up with unbearable smugness if any of them succeeded, but the chances are slim (Old Enough: the Japanese TV show that abandons toddlers on public transport, 7 April).
Mark Walford
London

• Now Sri Lanka’s incompetent President Rajapaksa is described as a “strongman” (Sri Lanka facing imminent threat of starvation, senior politician warns, 6 April). Modi in India, Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia and Putin are regularly called “strongmen”. One could be forgiven for seeing them as bullies and thugs – not strongmen at all. Can we please drop that inaccurate cliche?
Charles Barker
Coventry