Dodd-like wit

SIR – For me, Ken Dodd told the greatest joke of all time: “Why are politicians like babies’ nappies? Because they should be changed often, and for the same reason.”

Ashley Franklin

Belper, Derbyshire

SIR – Ken Dodd has doubtless had the last laugh at the expense of the taxman by marrying his long-term partner three days before his death, thereby avoiding a substantial inheritance tax bill.

Jonathan T R Silverman

London W1