Can the Guardian stop going on about why the UK voted for Brexit (The delusions of war and empire that led to Brexit, Opinion, 3 February)? The vote was over a year ago and if you had talked to people outside the London bubble you would have found that most people were not extreme one way or the other, and that the balance of opinion went towards a protest vote over a feeling of losing control of the UK’s future. It wasn’t empire or the world wars. Get a grip, talk to people about it.
Jim Noakes
Wrexham
• Claire Kober quotes selectively about the election of a new branch secretary for her ward (Interview, 3 February). I also attended the meeting. The applicant referred to their work in assisting the local MP Catherine West in her surgeries. Most importantly, in the context of her claim of misogyny, is that the applicant Ms Kober referred to as “he” is in fact a woman, Judith Butt, the one I’m proud to call my wife. I also note that neither Ms Kober nor your journalist had the courtesy to contact my wife before publishing the article or since.
Tony Johnson
London
• It may be a new look Guardian, but come Monday (5 February) we’re back to a photo of Theresa May in a churchyard. Don’t think we’re fooled by the inclusion of a dog.
Martin Fowkes
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
• How ironic that the chap who is responsible for the preservation/destruction of the aurochs’ hoofprints should be named Bullock (Report, 5 February).
Chris Entwistle
Tiptree, Essex
• Re bookcases that become coffins (Letters, 5 February): but what do you do with all the books?
Allison Neal
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
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