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David Cameron with his wife Samantha and their children outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday as he hands over power to Theresa May. Photograph: Hannah McKay/PA
David Cameron with his wife Samantha and their children outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday as he hands over power to Theresa May. Photograph: Hannah McKay/PA
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Oil beneath South China Sea | A Bristolian and EU passport | Urinals on planes | Names for recessions | Mrs Cameron’s diary
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Wed 13 Jul 2016 19.01 BST
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The background issue that makes the dispute over the South China Sea so hot (Report, 13 July) is that the various countries are squabbling over the oil underneath it. Since we need to keep 80% of known fossil fuel reserves in the ground, how about proposing an agreement to leave all that oil unextracted no matter which country gets it? The various countries might agree to that, not knowing which one the sacrifice will fall on. With that agreement in place, they might be much less concerned over which country gets to be the nominal owner of the oil that won’t be extracted.
Richard Stallman
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nick Markovits’s faith in Nicola Sturgeon is touching (Letters, 12 July), but why come all the way to Scotland? Instead, just call for an immediate referendum over the issue of independence for south-west England, ignore the cool response of the EU itself, fudge currency issues and other essential matters and head off into the bright future with your new Bristolian and EU passport. Alternatively, just be glad you’re not having to brace yourself for a third referendum in three years and even greater isolation.
Jean McGowan
Glasgow
What a relief that Airbus is working on a plan to install urinals into its planes (Report, 13 July). One hopes that all airlines will spend pennies on these, not least Wizz Air (Hungary), Speed Aviation (Bangladesh), Golden Air (Sweden) and indeed the UK’s own Streamline Aviation.
Fr Alec Mitchell
Manchester
Meteorologists give names to storms – Abigail, Barney and so on. Economists should give names to recessions. Recent ones could be Gordon and George. If Brexit leads to a recession the name Boris would be appropriate.
David Davies
Fovant, Wiltshire
I’m not going to miss David Cameron, but I am really going to miss Mrs Cameron’s diary (Opinion, 9 July).
Margaret Gibbs
London
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