Reader Letters
11 December 2024
Letters: Starmer’s silence on rejoining is deafening
To all the naysayers who doubt we can return to the EU, we have no choice. If Starmer really believes in Britain, it must be done
Read the full article04 December 2024
Letters: Opinion divided on our Shit List
Our annual round-up of the people Britain could do without has stirred up some strong views
Read the full article27 November 2024
Letters: Stop blaming boomers for all our problems
People who were born during the postwar ‘baby boom’ are sick of being tarred with the same brush. One size does not fit all
Read the full article20 November 2024
Letters: We must counter MAGA with MEGA
We need a military alliance of European nations, which will require the UK to not just cooperate but to be inside the structure
Read the full article13 November 2024
Letters: The future’s terrifying, the future’s orange
Many Americans liked what they saw in Trump’s first term and have just voted for more of the same. This could easily happen again in 2028
Read the full article07 November 2024
Letters: The UK’s litter problem needs its own Feargal Sharkey
Feargal has shown what can be achieved when someone with a national voice shouts loud. We need someone to do the same in the fight against litter
Read the full article30 October 2024
Letters: Food and fuel may be Trump’s trump card
Is it the case that, rather than America being fatally drawn to Trump, he is simply running against a Democrat who presided over a huge inflation surge?
Read the full article23 October 2024
Letters: Assisted dying – a slippery slope or peace of mind?
The debate has opened up a number of complex moral dilemmas and cast doubt on the ability of the NHS to cope with the additional pressure
Read the full article09 October 2024
Letters: Trump’s America is a no-go zone for many
As US citizens, we can no longer physically return to the ‘land of our birth’, because it no longer exists except in our memories
Read the full article02 October 2024
Letters: We need our own Tim Walz to trip up Farage
The Democrats’ vice-presidential candidate has put Trump on the back foot by pointing out his weirdness. Would this approach have the same effect on Farage?
Read the full article25 September 2024
Letters: Christmas cards will add winter fuel to the fire
The double whammy of losing the fuel allowance and the hike in first-class post will lead to far fewer cards being sent and received this year
Read the full article18 September 2024
Letters: Waging war with Elon Musk
Where is Han Solo when you need him?
Read the full article11 September 2024
Letters: There’s no smoke without ire
If Labour does bring in a smoking ban in beer gardens, how many non-smokers will start using them again?
Read the full article04 September 2024
Letters: Let’s hope Putin’s pride comes before a fall
The idea of a Trump victory that forces Ukraine to settle with Putin is too vile to contemplate
Read the full article28 August 2024
Letters: Rejoining is the only thing that makes sense
No amount of slightly closer cooperation in areas of little everyday benefit can get anywhere near the massive gains from being back in the EU
Read the full article21 August 2024
Letters: A simple solution to dangerous social media
If you do not like a social media site, do not use it. If it is not used enough, it will eventually evaporate
Read the full article07 August 2024
Letters: Tory rhetoric is to blame for this disorder
Who is going to tell this now extremely nasty party that they are responsible for the riots on the streets of towns and cities up and down the country?
Read the full article31 July 2024
Letters: Harris’s hopes hinge on the abortion debate
The overturning of Roe v Wade could come back to bite Trump during this campaign and play into Kamala Harris’s hands
Read the full article24 July 2024
Letters: The media’s bullets have missed the mark
In the aftermath of events in the US, it’s important not to fall into the same hyperbolic trap that plagued our media in the run-up to other recent elections
Read the full article17 July 2024
Letters: The media must guard against violent rhetoric
The root causes should be investigated as thoroughly as the attack that almost claimed Donald Trump’s life
Read the full article10 July 2024
Letters: With Starmer, what you see is what you get
The new PM is not a showman or a kamikaze gambler, just straight down the line, with his own individual style of operation
Read the full article03 July 2024
Letters: Is competence better than passion?
Will a Labour government prove quietly competent or will their lack of experience in power lead to trouble?
Read the full article26 June 2024
Letters: Rejoining the EU is at least a decade away
Brexit is clearly the failure it was always going to be, but repairing the damage and avoiding the mistakes of the past is a long-term task
Read the full article19 June 2024
Letters: Labour are letting Farage off the hook
In order to woo Leave voters, Labour has adopted a policy of accepting Brexit, which is exactly what Nigel Farage wants
Read the full article12 June 2024
Letters: Don’t go on a demo or retweet – just vote!
Voting is the baseline. Both the most ordinary and the most radically effective thing you’ll have the chance to do this decade
Read the full article05 June 2024
Letters: The Tories destroyed what they did not use
Cameron and Osborne were not centrists; their brutal austerity, destruction of local government and the harm they did to young people were the result of hard right policies
Read the full article29 May 2024
Letters: Labour’s win can’t come soon enough
The beleaguered British public deserve better than this morally impoverished Tory government
Read the full article22 May 2024
Letters: How TNE ignited renewed pride in Britain
Paola Totaro’s ‘immigrant’s love letter to Britain’ reminded our readers of all the good things about the country, and moved some to tears
Read the full article15 May 2024
The food industry is making us sick
Taxing alcohol and tobacco to make them very expensive is one solution, but just as important is making healthy food choices cheaper
Read the full article08 May 2024
Letters: ‘The Quintet of Chaos’ will soon fall silent
The Tory reign will shortly come to an end, and this bunch of incompetent charlatans will not be remembered fondly
Read the full article01 May 2024
Cameron’s return epitomises the UK’s ills
A man who has been the cause of Brexit would, if he had any sense of honour, creep away and stay away
Read the full article24 April 2024
After Cass, do I still have the right to be me?
As a queer woman, I feel my identity is as important as anyone else’s. Yet where is my place of safety?
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