HS2 ‘say’ pointless

■ I recently received a letter inviting me to have my say on HS2, which will run past the end of my street. What is the point of this? It won’t affect the plans, which I’m sure have already been written and cast in concrete. John Shale, Wigan

■ At the last election Theresa May told us only her strong leadership could get us the right Brexit deal. After seeing the mess she seems to be making of the negotiations, I’d say she’d be better suited to being head of St Trinian’s. She has definitely lost control of her pupils! Len Goodwin Doncaster

The Electoral Commission wants up to 10 years’ jail for online intimidation of candidates (Mirror, Oct 16). Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out like the 14 years for death by dangerous, drug or drunk driving. No one has served anything like that. Derek Stocker, Bexhillon-Sea, East Sussex

Your article about Russia trying to recruit our spooks as double agents leaves Putin with a conundrum (Mirror, Oct 15). If Sergei Skripal is a “scumbag” for spying on his country, won’t that make the new recruits scumbags too? Or is one man’s scumbag another man’s hero? Bob Parrott Woking, Surrey