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Letters

Cheered by news that the UK will lose Sway

The EU and union flags
Jo Garrad of Hampshire was pleased with a Guardian headline this week regarding Brexit. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

I understood that David Davis would be resigning if Damian Green was sacked (Green sacked after admitting he lied over pornographic images, 21 December). Have I missed the announcement?
Keith Richards
London

• Come on, editor, where’s the list of “The hundred best food banks”?
Peter Fellows
Bradford

• Re “Trump lashes out at United Nations with threat to aid” (21 December), surely there’s only one response to Trump’s request for the names of those who voted against him: “Don’t tell him, Pike!
Judith Smith
Southampton

• Liquid burial (G2, 19 December)? Sorry, but as a professional archaeologist, I am specifying a traditional burial. It’s my duty to ensure a continuing supply of archaeology.
Andrew Davison
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire

• As a remainer, I was cheered by the news that my village would still be in the EU, post-Brexit (UK will lose sway as it did in 1970s, says ex-MI6 chief, 20 December).
Jo Garrad
Sway, Hampshire

• I didn’t use to listen to Abba and the likes of Super Trouper – why would I? It wasn’t cool. But recently I discovered the immortal line, in dulcet tones, of “When I called you last night from Glasgow”. Maybe the Swedes do it better (Letters, 21 December).
Hugh Coolican
Broughton Astley, Leicestershire

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