Reader Letters
22 November 2023
Could Cameron be the voice of reason about ties with the EU?
The former PM owes us all one for the referendum; at least there will be one sensible voice around the cabinet table arguing for closer ties
Read the full article15 November 2023
Israel has the right to defend itself. But this is not defence
When will the media stop spouting the official Israeli claims of targeting Hamas? To wipe out 45% of civilian homes (so far) doesn’t sound like targeting
Read the full article08 November 2023
Sunak is the political avatar of right wing tech billionaires
The new brand of Conservatism they sponsor is more disturbing than any cynical opportunism – and Sunak really believes this stuff
Read the full article01 November 2023
No shit, Braverman doesn’t deserve to be top of this list
Most of us are at odds with her policies and over-zealous remarks, but she is a high achiever who holds herself to exacting standards
Read the full article18 October 2023
Max Hastings’s assessment of the Tories now is compelling
An old Tory slogan was: “Britain’s better off with the Conservatives”. Now we’d be better off without them. It’s time they went before they ruin us irreparably
Read the full article11 October 2023
Don’t stop at Westminster, let’s bulldoze Buck House too
I would take a wrecking ball to Buckingham Palace, one of the ugliest buildings in London
Read the full article04 October 2023
As they push further right, the Conservatives are finished
Unless the Tory one-nation advocates can work out how to bring a wrecking ball to the party and reshape the whole thing, it’s screwed
Read the full article27 September 2023
We need to leave Brexit alone until we get the Tories out
We need to leave this divisive subject alone until the country is under new governance
Read the full article20 September 2023
Look to Germany for ways to improve life in the UK
The UK would do well to learn from and adapt the successes of countries like Germany for its own betterment
Read the full article13 September 2023
When will the government admit they got it wrong?
There is no chance of that happening with the current regime – you won’t hear any government minister say “We took the wrong decisions and we need to put it right.”
Read the full article06 September 2023
Get off the fence, Ed: make the Lib Dems the party of rejoin
Ed Davey needs to do what Paddy Ashdown would have done – campaign to Rejoin. The Lib Dems’ vote in one-nation Tory constituencies will soar
Read the full article30 August 2023
We can be proud patriots and still eschew nationalism
Some on the left will roll their eyes, but redefining patriotism is something Keir Starmer should do. I want to be proud of a forward-looking, multicultural country
Read the full article23 August 2023
Liberals wring their hands as right-wing beliefs go mainstream
The left keep losing at the ballot box because no one is prepared to take on the likes of Lee Anderson by fighting fire with fire
Read the full article16 August 2023
Immigration is the real sort of oil our economy needs
The government's anti-immigration rhetoric needs reversing or the country's economy will continue to suffer
Read the full article02 August 2023
After his debanking, Farage’s Brexit now needs debunking
Now he has received an apology from his bank for deleting his account, is it not time for Nigel Farage to apologise for Brexit?
Read the full article26 July 2023
Starmer is right to bide his time until Rejoin is an option
If Labour stay on their current course, the debate stays focused on the government’s deficiencies, and the polls continue to move towards Rejoin
Read the full article19 July 2023
Just Stop Oil must target the elite to halt climate chaos
Blocking motorways and trains only affects working people who can do nothing about the situation. And history has shown how little that actually accomplishes
Read the full article12 July 2023
Capitalism and neoliberalism are just as toxic as Brexit
The “free” market, trickle-down economics, deregulation and privatisation have led to oligarchy and techno-feudalism
Read the full article05 July 2023
Don’t be so sure our EU place is lost; some do want us back
Many who work for the EU miss the rigour, clarity and discipline that British Eurocrats brought to the party
Read the full article21 June 2023
Can this really be the end of the narcissist Bozymandias?
There should be no career resurrection after the blistering verdict of the Privileges Committee. Will someone please tell Johnson to leave politics gracefully?
Read the full article14 June 2023
Integrity and accountability? Not in this government
Rishi Sunak allowed a man found guilty of misleading parliament to hand out honours to useless carcicatures, bullies and lockdown lawbreakers
Read the full article07 June 2023
The threat of AI is real – it is already replacing human jobs
What is necessary now is for governments to think about how they can deliver a universal basic income that sees us through this period
Read the full article31 May 2023
Nat Cs’s cesspit conference was nothing to laugh about
This was not just a motley gathering of eccentrics – remember, Ukip were never taken seriously, and look what damage they managed to inflict on Britain
Read the full article24 May 2023
Starmer will be less cautious in power.. but he has to win it first
After the disaster of Jeremy Corbyn, Labour has one goal – winning the next election and finally getting rid of the incompetent Tory government
Read the full article17 May 2023
If Putin’s cronies unseat him, another despot will follow
Russia seems too tired and depleted to be able to resist tyrannical leaders
Read the full article10 May 2023
How to satisfy republicans and monarchists alike
Have a president AND a monarch. The president would be head of state, and the monarch’s role would be entirely non-political and ceremonial
Read the full article03 May 2023
Sorry for the irreverence, but the royals are now irrelevant
Post-Brexit, there’s even less use for a royal family than there was when we were an important nation
Read the full article26 April 2023
Beware the steady creep of Tory attacks on our freedom
From Suella Braverman’s claim over “British values” to Rishi Sunak’s more general assault on “lefties”, the government is engaged in an attack on ideological pluralism
Read the full article19 April 2023
Journalists have a duty to report the news, not make it
This should remain a mantra for all honest journalists who seek to speak the truth
Read the full article13 April 2023
Brexit has taken back control of £11,000 of my money
The positive case for rejoining the EU needs to be broadcast repeatedly alongside the stark and chronic impacts of Brexit on every UK citizen
Read the full article30 March 2023
Let Boris Johnson rot as a sad fringe figure, not a martyr
Why not heavily censure Johnson but leave him as an MP, condemned to spending his remaining time in Westminster as a humiliated backbencher
Read the full article23 March 2023
Heath would be ashamed of today’s Conservatives
He was the last Conservative prime minister to stand up to MPs making inflammatory, racist speeches and ensured Enoch Powell was removed from the party
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