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Readers discuss Robert Jenrick’s comments on the unaccountability of judges, migration and wages and rising vet prices (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments 'Jenrick doesn’t care about democracy', says reader Robert Jenrick goes on and on about how unaccountable judges are interfering with our democracy whenever they do anything ‘left-wing’, such as protecting the human rights of migrants. But when they do something ‘right-wing’, such as erasing trans identities in the For Women Scotland decision – where the Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of ‘woman’ is based on biological sex – Jenrick doesn’t seem to mind at all. In fact, he’s now insistently backing that decision – made by unaccountable judges – contrary to suggestions by Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, that allowing a handful of unelected people to strip trans people of their legal recognition might not be a good idea. It’s almost as if Jenrick doesn’t really care about democracy, he just doesn’t want the courts to do anything he doesn’t like. JWA Caley, St Pancras Reader says ‘wages are unlikely to be driven down’ by migrants In economics, we often use the phrase ‘ceteris paribus’ to describe a situation where you change one variable and hold all the others the same. Will Podmore (MetroTalk, Fri) points to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz to evidence his claim that immigrants drive down wages. But that assumes ceteris paribus and the counter argument made by Chris Bright (MetroTalk, Wed) doesn’t do that. It’s highly likely that as more people come in (supply) they will also buy more (demand) and therefore wages are unlikely to be driven down, especially in low-skilled jobs where we have the minimum wage to stop this from happening. Gavin, Knebworth (Co-Host, Economics In Ten Podcast) This reader says due to an increase in both supply and demand, wages are not ‘driven down’ by immigration (Picture: Getty Images) The tooth fairy got scary for this reader Julian Self (MetroTalk, Thu) jokes that the ‘Bluetooth Fairy’ took his phone from under his pillow as he slept and left a shiny, new 50 pence piece. When my siblings and I were kids, my formidable Grand Aunt used to tower over us, point the large forefinger of her spade-like hand to her head and say gruffly, ‘Sometimes, the White Tooth Fairy takes an… eye!’ Alan Price King, London Reader puts respect on Sir Laurence Olivier’s name The item about the sale of Arthur Askey memorabilia referred to ‘The collection includes… letters from comedians such as Sir Laurence Olivier…’ (Metro, Thu). I can only imagine Sir Larry must be turning in his grave. A trained Shakespearean actor and regarded as Britain’s most famous and talented stage and screen actor, the closest he came to being a comedian was his Oscar-nominated performance as Archie Rice in The Entertainer. John, via email Are pizza places using too much onion? This reader says ‘some pizza places ought to call everything ‘onion pizza” (Picture: Getty Images) Further to the complaints in MetroTalk about onions being served on seemingly every hot meal nowadays, some pizza places ought to just call everything ‘onion pizza’, they use them so much. CK, via email Reader advocates for a ‘veterinary equivalent to the NHS’ I am glad vets could be forced to publish price lists and put a cap on the cost of providing prescriptions (Metro, Thu). I think we should have a veterinary equivalent to the NHS, given the exorbitant prices vets charge. Many pet owners are not eligible to register with pet charities, which do admirable work. Agnes, West Midlands Reader says the duration of their lease is 900 years My parents have just purchased the lease for my flat. The duration of the lease is 900 years and it cost more than £4,000. The flat was built in the 1960/70s and still has an old-fashioned immersion heater water tank in it. It is not Grade I or II-listed, so why is the duration so high and why is the lease so expensive? I would have thought 100 years would be more than adequate. Sam, Leicestershire ‘Many of today’s kids and youngsters have never heard of a landline phone’, says reader This reader says youngsters cannot identify old technology (Picture: Getty Images) On the subject of youngsters being unable to identify technology from the 1980s and 90s, Conley (MetroTalk, Fri) says his six-year-old daughter doesn’t know what a radio is. I also suspect that many of today’s kids and youngsters have never heard of a landline phone, let alone a public payphone, and never used or even seen physical money. I’ve seen YouTube videos of teenagers trying to work out how to make a phone call using an old-style rotary dial phone. They would appear to be thinking too much in terms of modern-day technology. Alan Yearsley, Sheffield Do you agree with our readers? 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