Reader Letters
25 June 2025
Letter of the week: Starmer’s lessons from Iran
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Read the full article18 June 2025
Letter of the week: Trump and Musk, the political equivalent of TV wrestling
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Read the full article05 June 2025
Letters: Europe has a tech problem. Here’s how to fix it
The continent lacks tech giants due to fragmented capital markets – a true single market also needs fiscal union
Read the full article28 May 2025
Letters: Resounding silence greets Starmer’s reset
The new UK-EU deal has annoyed all the usual suspects, so Keir Starmer must be doing something right
Read the full article21 May 2025
Letters: Tory members have killed their own party
The rot set in when Conservative members were given the right to vote for their leader, resulting in the disastrous premierships of Johnson, Truss and Sunak
Read the full article14 May 2025
Letters: Labour needs to stop apeing Reform and start being positive
Following Farage means inching towards him as he inches further right – doing this has already left the Conservatives in ruins
Read the full article07 May 2025
Letters: Virginia Giuffre was betrayed by society
What happened to her as a 17-year-old was appalling, but was it down to the failings of a brainwashed society obsessed with celebrity?
Read the full article30 April 2025
Letters: After that ruling, let’s restore respect
Most of us are happy to live and let live, but objected to being told that we were bigots, transphobes or Nazis
Read the full article23 April 2025
Letters: It will take real Labour to beat Reform
The party must act: a wealth tax, rejoin the EU, bring in proportional representation. In other words, start behaving like a Labour government
Read the full article09 April 2025
Letters: A reunion would protect us from bullying
The UK needs to stop trying to do a deal with Trump, move away from the US, and rejoin the European Union
Read the full article02 April 2025
Letters: Labour are showing a complete lack of empathy
The party has no clear vision or strategy, and appears to take delight in announcing further cuts that will adversely affect peoples’ lives
Read the full article26 March 2025
Letters: We can’t afford to alienate young men
Dismissing the possibility of issues unique to young men may further isolate those who are struggling
Read the full article19 March 2025
Letters: Look at the bigger numbers, Rachel
The chancellor should be targeting the big oil, tech and energy firms to raise extra revenue – it’s an untapped tax goldmine
Read the full article12 March 2025
Letters: Britain is fundamentally European
The UK needs to be part of the European project as a fully active member. Only then can Europe truly stand united against both Trump and Putin
Read the full article05 March 2025
Letters: With a European army we could deter Putin
If the UK was part of a Europe-wide army there would be sufficient forces to protect Ukraine without the need for US assistance
Read the full article26 February 2025
Letters: Who can lead us against Trump and Putin?
In these worryingly unpredictable times, the UK needs to be fully engaged with the EU, for our own safety, security and prosperity
Read the full article12 February 2025
Letters: What is the point of the Tories these days?
The party has lost its identity and risks sliding into obscurity under the rudderless leadership of Kemi Badenoch
Read the full article05 February 2025
Letters: The Holocaust is a warning from history
We should never forget what happened and be aware that it could all too easily happen again, here and now
Read the full article29 January 2025
Letters: Immigration is not about the numbers
Some readers are less concerned about the number of people coming to Britain and more worried about the lack of integration
Read the full article22 January 2025
Letters: Alienation is driving populism in the north
We need government to lead, to inspire and to give people hope. Talk in language that ordinary folk use, and actually go and listen and learn
Read the full article15 January 2025
Letters: Labour’s stance on Europe is a bad dream
There is only one way to get a message through – make it clear we are not going to vote for them until they have an honest policy on the EU
Read the full article08 January 2025
Letters: Immigration, the thing voters love to hate
In reality, reducing immigration is likely to make any government very unpopular, so the narrative needs to shift so it’s seen as an advantage
Read the full article01 January 2025
Letters: All-out attack is needed to counter the threat of Reform
Farage’s party is the most significant threat to UK democracy in living memory. Failure to learn the political lessons will hand him the keys to No 10
Read the full article18 December 2024
Letters: Thank you Gisèle Pelicot from all of us
Madame Pelicot’s bravery in shining a light on shame has provided inspiration and courage for others who have been violated by men
Read the full article11 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
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