Britain is indeed in political purgatory | Brief letters

Undead government | French sunbathers and swimmers | Roald Dahl’s AI prescience | Barbie product placement | Election fibsContrary to your letter writer’s claim (10 August), Rafael Behr chose the right term (Britain is trapped in political purgatory – waiting for its undead government to fall, 9 August). Hell is permanent, but purgatory is temporary – you get out eventually. And while paradise isn’t on offer to voters, we could have government for the many, not the