Rosie reigns over cats not dogs

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/16/rosie-reigns-over-cats-not-dogs

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Stop the War Coalition, of which Jeremy Corbyn is the national chair, campaigns for Tony Blair to be prosecuted for the “war crime” of invading Iraq in 2003. Leaving aside the inconvenient fact that even an illegal war isn’t necessarily a crime, are we to suppose that Mr Corbyn will now be demanding that Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and shadow justice secretary, Charles Falconer, be added to the fantasy indictment for having supported and voted for the invasion, two (Benn and Falconer) as members of the government at the time?Steven GreerProfessor of human rights, University of Bristol Law School

• If all those members, supporters and affiliates who voted for Jeremy Corbyn had had the foresight and confidence to place a £10 bet on him winning back in May and had donated their winnings to the party, it would have amounted to about £2.5m, assuming odds of 100-1. Could I suggest that they all now back him further by placing bets on him winning in 2020? The winnings might well be enough to finance the election campaign and make up some of the difference between what the Tories will spend. It would also reduce the odds and make him look even more electable.Peter RansonCongleton, Cheshire

• Isn’t democracy wonderful? We elect, perhaps by mistake, a government with extreme rightwing views and within weeks we have an extreme leftwing opposition to fight it. Well done everybody.Brian WorthDurham

• Gary Younge observes succinctly, “The rebels are now leaders; those who once urged loyalty are in rebellion” (Opinion, 14 September). We could add that those who urged rebellion will now expect loyalty.Rev Dr Peter PhillipsSwansea

• Can Rosie Winterton be given a new title (Report, 14 September)? “Chief whip” is suitably 19th century when ordering around a pack of hounds but, by all accounts, she’ll be herding cats, and picky ones at that.Harold MozleyYork