Can the Journal headline writers please stop using declamatory words like must and can’t that sadly bear zero relation to reality? Monday’s headline shrieked “May … must make way for a caretaker” (sorry, she won’t). On Tuesday, “May must know” the Tories are no longer a party (unfortunately, few Tories think that), while on the next page you shout that because five million people – including me – sign an online petition “we can’t be ignored” (alas, we can). We might wish things were different, but let’s keep an eye on reality too.
Norman Miller
Brighton
• When the definitive history of Brexit is eventually written, I hope those who inscribe it have to hand a compendium of the commentary provided by Marina Hyde and John Crace. Their regular impaling of the idiocy that currently passes for both government and opposition has been a welcome shaft of laser light in these dark times.
Graham Turvey
Kempston, Bedfordshire
• Gloucester services (Letters, 27 March) is the only place south of Barnard Castle where you can buy Empire biscuits. These sustained me during a very difficult time in Elgin hospital last summer when my sister was dying.
Mary Finch
Ditteridge, Wiltshire
• Three consecutive Brexit letters written by women with the same name (Letters, 27 March). Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, in! in! in!
Toby Wood
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Great breakup songs (Letters, 27 March)? Make space for Dido’s Lament (1689).
Steven Dorner
London
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