Fifty years of hurt? Try being a socialist | Brief letters

Euro 2020 | Surnames | UK car stickers | Football fans | Art criticism | Lucian FreudSo there’s been 55 five years of hurt (Report, 11 July). At least England have a chance of winning the World Cup again next year. I’ve endured 70 years of hurt waiting for the return of a truly leftwing government following Clement Attlee’s defeat in 1951.
David Godfrey
Willingdon, East Sussex• Readers could spare a thought for those of us whose forename and surname can be transposed (Lett