Let’s learn from the Germans about public toilets

Readers respond to an article about dwindling public provisions and express their frustration over council cuts. Owen Jones ( No one should have to pay to pee, 2 August) confuses two issues: the provision of toilets and their cost, especially given that “spend a penny” has its origins in the concept of paying to pee, and when it started a penny was quite a large sum. It is, however, the need for toilets that can be used that truly matters. This issue is not limited to the UK, as it i