Reader Letters
17 April 2024
Swap votes to regain trust and fix Britain
Readers should keep an eye open for vote-swapping websites in the run-up to the general election
Read the full article10 April 2024
Israel will ignore those who failed it before
The Jewish experience, over centuries, has been one of persecution and disregard. This is why Israel is pursuing its destructive policy in Gaza
Read the full article03 April 2024
Satire helps us cope with this government
We need Have I Got News for You and The Last Leg just as we needed Spitting Image in the 1980s – to reassure us that we aren’t all going mad
Read the full article20 March 2024
Timpson’s boss is a breath of fresh air
James Timpson sets the standard that other business owners should look to emulate
Read the full article13 March 2024
You don’t have to be young to be angry about Gaza
For many older people, it’s our anti-apartheid moment. In some ways, Israel’s system is more cruel than the South African variety
Read the full article06 March 2024
I have a dream.. an end to cronyism and corruption
We need a Britain that rewards hard work, where so-called tax exiles and clever tax accountants are no longer seen as heroes
Read the full article28 February 2024
Lee, Liz and Suella are lessons in how not to be an MP
The “poor choice of words” argument is trotted out so often it has become meaningless. A poor choice of MPs is the real issue
Read the full article21 February 2024
Cleaner politics needs more than just outing donors
Why not make it clear that any party which takes a donation from an individual cannot then award that individual an honour?
Read the full article14 February 2024
Sunak is starting a very nasty election campaign
His comment at PMQs was absolutely calculated. He knew full well it would appeal to a certain group who might be on the fence about voting Reform over Tory
Read the full article07 February 2024
Starmer needs no help in smearing his own name
He has reneged on just about every commitment he made to become Labour leader, and seems to be suggesting nothing will change
Read the full article31 January 2024
Our choice of Brexit and Truss had us crying into our beers
If it’s difficult to believe what’s happening in America, remember what our electorate has done to this country since 2016
Read the full article24 January 2024
PR is the way to bring about the radical reform we need
I am looking forward to the Tories’ demise at the next general election, but it is our entire political system that must radically change, and for good
Read the full article17 January 2024
Our Tory-backing press buries inconvenient truths
We have a media that seems to shield the government from accountability while at the same time attacking those seeking to scrutinise it
Read the full article10 January 2024
If the NHS belongs to us all, so does responsibility for it
Perhaps it is down to us taxpayers to ensure that the health service is fit for purpose
Read the full article03 January 2024
Time for the tawdry, tinpot, toe-curling Tories to trot on
After four failed prime ministers in four years, the Conservatives are belatedly realising that all they have to show the electorate is failure
Read the full article20 December 2023
Cross words, Nat Cs and a tax attack: the best of your letters
For our final letters pages of 2023, a selection of our favourite missives of the year. Thank you to all who wrote in
Read the full article13 December 2023
Is there a credible Tory Party leader somewhere out there?
The whole Rwanda debacle is just a deceit to fool some voters and try to please the Tory backbenchers.
Read the full article06 December 2023
Leaving Westminster mafia is an offer Scots can’t refuse
Scotland will flourish as a member of the European family, while England tragically continues thinking it's exceptional
Read the full article29 November 2023
Our dire economic situation began with the Thatcher years
Europe may have led the Tories to destroy themselves, but Thatcher had already set in motion the destruction of the country
Read the full article22 November 2023
Could Cameron be the voice of reason about ties with the EU?
The former PM owes us all one for the referendum; at least there will be one sensible voice around the cabinet table arguing for closer ties
Read the full article15 November 2023
Israel has the right to defend itself. But this is not defence
When will the media stop spouting the official Israeli claims of targeting Hamas? To wipe out 45% of civilian homes (so far) doesn’t sound like targeting
Read the full article08 November 2023
Sunak is the political avatar of right wing tech billionaires
The new brand of Conservatism they sponsor is more disturbing than any cynical opportunism – and Sunak really believes this stuff
Read the full article01 November 2023
No shit, Braverman doesn’t deserve to be top of this list
Most of us are at odds with her policies and over-zealous remarks, but she is a high achiever who holds herself to exacting standards
Read the full article18 October 2023
Max Hastings’s assessment of the Tories now is compelling
An old Tory slogan was: “Britain’s better off with the Conservatives”. Now we’d be better off without them. It’s time they went before they ruin us irreparably
Read the full article11 October 2023
Don’t stop at Westminster, let’s bulldoze Buck House too
I would take a wrecking ball to Buckingham Palace, one of the ugliest buildings in London
Read the full article04 October 2023
As they push further right, the Conservatives are finished
Unless the Tory one-nation advocates can work out how to bring a wrecking ball to the party and reshape the whole thing, it’s screwed
Read the full article27 September 2023
We need to leave Brexit alone until we get the Tories out
We need to leave this divisive subject alone until the country is under new governance
Read the full article20 September 2023
Look to Germany for ways to improve life in the UK
The UK would do well to learn from and adapt the successes of countries like Germany for its own betterment
Read the full article13 September 2023
When will the government admit they got it wrong?
There is no chance of that happening with the current regime – you won’t hear any government minister say “We took the wrong decisions and we need to put it right.”
Read the full article06 September 2023
Get off the fence, Ed: make the Lib Dems the party of rejoin
Ed Davey needs to do what Paddy Ashdown would have done – campaign to Rejoin. The Lib Dems’ vote in one-nation Tory constituencies will soar
Read the full article30 August 2023
We can be proud patriots and still eschew nationalism
Some on the left will roll their eyes, but redefining patriotism is something Keir Starmer should do. I want to be proud of a forward-looking, multicultural country
Read the full article23 August 2023
Liberals wring their hands as right-wing beliefs go mainstream
The left keep losing at the ballot box because no one is prepared to take on the likes of Lee Anderson by fighting fire with fire
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