Last year, Stephen Flynn, the Commons SNP leader, posted a joke picture of himself pretending to cry when England’s men’s team were defeated by Spain in the Euros. Will Flynn, known for his Pavlovian anti-English sporting sentiment, now be crying real tears (Euros win one of the most magnificent heists in the history of English sport, 27 July)? Let’s hope so.
Martin Redfern
Melrose, Roxburghshire
• Jonathan Liew’s piece really conjures up the emotion and mood of the Women’s Euro 2025 final. He writes lyrically and almost poetically. He has to be the football equivalent of rugby union’s Eddie Butler.
Gordon Cooper
Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire
• Having been entertained by our national team and their successes for some years, I wonder when they will they stop being Lionesses and become England?
David Humphreys
Arnside, Cumbria
• When I was at primary school, we were encouraged to gain confidence in oral communication by various means (Another way we are failing an entire generation: we must teach young people to speak, 24 July). As a 10-year-old I was asked to read a short speech in assembly. I was told to “speak to the clock at the back of the room”. I don’t think the clock was interested.
Dr Polly Bird
Bedlington, Northumberland
• When listing artificial intelligence’s triumphs over man, you forgot perhaps the most important game: rock, paper, scissors (Competition shows humans are still better than AI at coding – just, 26 July).
Pete Lavender
Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire
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