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MPs as private landlords | Dowsing | Coming out | Picture captions | Rodney BewesStephanie Lovett asks why “crippling private rent” is not being addressed by politicians (Letters, 28 November). The answer could lie in reports following the Grenfell Tower disaster which showed that 123 MPs – almost one in five – are private landlords. They include the chancellor of the exchequer, the foreign secretary, the shadow foreign secretary and the Speaker. Eighty-seven of them are Tories and 28 Labour.Nigel GannLichfield, Staffordshire• I’ve tried dowsing (Letters, 28 November) and it didn ’t work. But according to Seamus Heaney’s poem The Diviner you need to have the knack: “The bystanders would ask to have a try. / He handed them the rod without a word. / It lay dead in their grasp till nonchalantly / He gripped expectant wrists. The hazel stirred.”Gareth ReevesDurhamContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 29, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: Newspapers Property Physics LGBT rights Swimming Science Television Culture & radio The Guardian Grenfell Tower fire London Renting property magazines National newspapers Media UK news Source Type: news