A reason to celebrate (Severn bridge tolls to be scrapped before Christmas, 3 September). No more hard border! Free movement of goods and people! Easier access for us from Essex, to the most beautiful place in Wales, Pembrokeshire. But please ensure no one will be out of a job when the barriers are removed.
Irene Jones
Broxted, Essex
• Re the decision by Manchester University Students’ Union to replace audible clapping with “jazz hands” in order to make meetings and events more inclusive (Report, 3 October). To all except blind people, presumably?
Ian Simpson
London
• I see that the Guardian is doubling down on the use of double down, with the phrasal verb now making your editorial (1 October). Are journalists on a bonus if they use the now near ubiquitous expression?
David Coombs
Oxton, Merseyside
• If the hypothetical massive Planet Nine is found (Report, 3 October), could we give it a name beginning with P? Then the old mnemonic I learned at school will still work: Many Volcanoes Erupt Mulberry Jam Sandwiches Under Normal Pressure.
Melinda Drayton
Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire
• At primary school in the 50s, we were given a list of “opposites” to learn; in this list, the male version of “slut” was “slum” (Letters, 3 October).
Jane Gregory
Emsworth, Hampshire
• To “be the change”, we should not only take our furniture, clothes etc to charity shops (Letters, 1 October), but also buy them there.
Annemieke Wigmore
Cudworth, Somerset
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