As a foreigner living in the UK since 1991 I have soaked up many British traditions and habits. I do, however, need somebody to explain to me one thing I truly fail to comprehend: how can a PM who has caused the biggest constitutional debacle for entirely selfish reasons and leaves the country in a shambles get a standing ovation in his final Commons appearance? How can he be making jokes when he leaves families uncertain if they can stay in the UK, the pound sinking, a rise in xenophobic attacks and Scotland seeking independence again?
Nicolas Bricht
London
• Man loses job and has to move into £17m townhouse in London. We feel his pain. We’re all in it together.
Michael Bulley
Chalon-sur-Saône, France
• I support the aims of the signatories of the letter from the Britain in Europe thinktank (Letters, 12 July) but they seem to have their facts wrong. They think there are 3 million “EU citizens” in the UK, 5% of the population. But unless I’ve missed something, the true figure is more like 95%. Currently. This is just the sort of divisive and false separateness that ghastly Brexit-fuelled thinking promotes.
Alex Faulkner
Lewes, East Sussex
• Now that we are leaving the EU, does this mean we can drop the embarrassing European practice of kissing people on both cheeks and revert to a solid British handshake?
Wayland Wright
Llangain, Carmarthenshire
• As we slowly exit Europe, isn’t it time for the Guardian to redesign, drop “the Berliner” size and go tabloid?
Ian David Baker
Hastings, East Sussex
• Some years ago, a certain Rod Stewart recorded a song called Maggie May. How oddly prescient of him.
Tony Fisher
Nottingham
• Not all comedians die young (No laughing matter as researchers show that stand-ups die young, theguardian.com, 13 July). Freddie Davies, still performing, presenting a masterclass and promoting his recent autobiography Funny Bones, is about to celebrate his 79th birthday.
Anthony Teague
(Co-writer, Funny Bones) London
• Mark Twain said “golf is a good walk spoiled”. Does the same apply to Pokémon Go (Editorial, 14 July)?
Roger Greatorex
London
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