Reader Letters
24 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?
Read the full article17 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
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