Reader Letters
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
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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
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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
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Timpson’s boss is a breath of fresh air
James Timpson sets the standard that other business owners should look to emulate
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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