Power of figures

Queensferry Crossing on 4 September, I am constantly surprised by the apparently obligatory appearance of clergy at the official opening or hanselling of a huge variety of things.

In recent years clergy across the UK have ‘blessed’ bridges, tractors, fields, pets, a circus Big Top, a Great Yarmouth ale and even a Cumbrian sewage plant – but still they seem to have a problem blessing two gay people who love each other.

It seems their Lord does indeed move in mysterious ways!

ALISTAIR MCBAY National Secular Society Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh I would like to point out to Phil Gale (your report, 5 September) that he has failed to check on interconnector capacity before submitting his letter.

With 12,000MW of current generation capacity, rising to 14,000MW if new planning applications are included, then a maximum demand of 5,000MW plus maximum interconnector export will still leave an over-capacity of 5,500 MW which rises