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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
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Letters: Opinion divided on our Shit List
Our annual round-up of the people Britain could do without has stirred up some strong views
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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
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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
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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
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Kemi Badenoch has already wrecked the Tories
In making them a carbon copy of Reform, the new leader of the opposition shows she is neither thoughtful nor serious
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Letters: Is competence better than passion?
Will a Labour government prove quietly competent or will their lack of experience in power lead to trouble?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Letters: Labour’s win can’t come soon enough
The beleaguered British public deserve better than this morally impoverished Tory government
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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
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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
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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
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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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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