Morris cars are lefty, not Brexity icons | Brief letters

Iconic cars | Decline of wildlife | Roma culture | Cross v crucifixA shame the Morris Traveller is depicted as a backward-looking little Englander icon (Cartoon, 5 June). Could we enjoy a more positive image recalling its development during the war years as a modest people's car, with socialist values attached? The Minor enjoyed popularity as district nurse, police and disabled transport before being co-opted by the green left cohort in later years. Yours, a remain-voting, liberal-left, forward-looking Minor owner.Ian AllenEly, Cambridgeshireo Thank you, Kevin Rushby, for your thought-provoking article on the destruction of our wildlife (G2, 31 May). For 36 years I have lived surrounded by land. I no longer hear the frogs croaking in my pond, put up net curtains in the summer to stop insects coming in, or see my bees returning to their hive - they have all gone.Mary AdlingtonChesham, Buckinghamshire Continue reading...