The strange case of the neighbour who recorded Boris Johnson’s domestic argument
SIR – Whatever the circumstances of Boris Johnson’s domestic incident, we should question the behaviour of a neighbour who records the row before calling police, then gives the recording to a Left-wing newspaper. Kate Graeme-Cook
Brixham, Devon
SIR – Q: Why record your neighbours arguing and then hand the recording to The Guardian?
A: To cause your neighbours trouble. Simon Roxborough
St Helens, Lancashire
SIR – I frequently hear my neighbours rowing, more so when it gets warmer and worse still after a few drinks.
Contact the police if you’re worried, but don’t pass a recording to The Guardian. As a private matter it had nothing to do with the outside world. Mary Moore London E2 SIR – Cressida Dick must be very proud of her officers for responding so promptly to a report of shouting in a neighbour’s flat. Alistair Macdonald
Eastbourne, East Sussex
SIR – I am sorry for Carrie Symonds. What unpleasant neighbours she has. Carol A Forshaw
Bolton, Lancashire
SIR – Recording neighbours’ conversations? Sounds like an invasion of privacy to me, to say the least. Michael Pleeth
Ilminster, Somerset
SIR – I was amused by the report that the nosy neighbour of Boris Johnson had to mute her television during an alleged row in Mr Johnson’s flat as “she couldn’t hear it”. I think most people would have turned the volume up. Pamela Kitt
Wallington, Surrey
SIR – Instead of just muting your television so that you can hear better, put a glass against the wall. That works quite well in my experience! W G Cole
Nesscliffe, Shropshire
SIR – What’s all the fuss? They were probably rehearsing a Greek play.
He has gone up in my estimation. Sheila Houghton
Bournemouth, Dorset
SIR – Should not Boris Johnson now withdraw from the leadership contest? Then we could have a Conservative membership vote between Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt. Geoff Bantock
Christchurch, Dorset
SIR – Hands up those couples who have never had a stand-up row. Thank goodness the incident shows Boris Johnson is a normal person like the rest of us. Neville H Walker
Atherstone, Warwickshire but Boris Johnson for the top job? After successfully exiting so many relationships (with women), Brexit should really be a piece of cake. Bill Townsend
Leeds, West Yorkshire
SIR – Does this herald an onslaught of non-stories to discredit Boris Johnson by whatever means possible? Charles Holden
Micheldever, Hampshire
SIR – After yesterday’s earth-shaking front-page news in all major newspapers that Boris Johnson had a domestic argument with his girlfriend and that police, called by a “concerned neighbour”, reported no injuries and no need for police involvement, will tomorrow’s front pages reveal that, “Jeremy Hunt tripped over a cat in his garden. A ‘concerned neighbour’ who videoed the incident, called the RSPCA, the ambulance service and The Guardian newspaper”? Lionel Steele
Balsall Common, Warwickshire