{"id":90698,"date":"2018-06-07T00:25:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T17:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/morris-cars-are-lefty-not-brexity-icons-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-06-07T01:03:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T18:03:18","slug":"morris-cars-are-lefty-not-brexity-icons-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/morris-cars-are-lefty-not-brexity-icons-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Morris cars are lefty, not Brexity icons | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIconic 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\u2019s 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, Cambridgeshire\u2022 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 \u2013 they have all gone.Mary AdlingtonChesham, Buckinghamshire Continue reading…
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