Reader Letters
19 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
Read the full article09 October 2024
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
Read the full article02 October 2024
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?
Read the full article25 September 2024
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
Read the full article18 September 2024
Letters: Waging war with Elon Musk
Where is Han Solo when you need him?
Read the full article11 September 2024
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?
Read the full article04 September 2024
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
Read the full article28 August 2024
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
Read the full article21 August 2024
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
Read the full article07 August 2024
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?
Read the full article31 July 2024
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
Read the full article24 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
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