As a staunch Corbyn supporter anyway, I would like to report that nothing has strengthened my support more that to read that Jeremy was “making jam” (Report, 25 August) when “Labour sources”, ie whingeing critics, were trying to reach him. Here is a man who knows that in the middle of a row fabricated by an alliance of billionaire tax exiles and a rightwing press, the best approach is to ignore it and get out the preserving pan and the soft fruit. A toast (and jam) to Jeremy!
Karl Sabbagh
Bloxham, Oxfordshire
• Re your article mentioning “moist” as an early contender for least popular word (Report, 25 August). Three years ago I was accused of being “moist” by my then 16-year-old son, when I refused to play a 27th game of table tennis. In the then parlance it meant pathetic. Admittedly, not a particular favourite of mine, it found a new admirer in the way it had been given a modern twist. This year however, I was called “certy”.
Christopher Knapton
London
• “The Olympics are over – now what do we do?” (G2, 22 August). Well now would appear an even better time to revisit an idea that emerged after the London Olympics, but never saw the light of day. With Usain Bolt bowing out and Mo Farah wanting to spend more time with his family, these two titans of the track should meet to race at “a mutually inconvenient distance”.
Robert Lawrence
Oxford
• Like Jean Jackson (Letters, 25 August), I have become very fond of “the lovely young Harry”, who occasionally rings to say that one of my brief letters is under consideration. I just wish that he would ring a little more often.
Chris Birch
London
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