Reader Letters
02 February 2023
The community care route leads to economic illiteracy
Mismanagement and serious underfunding are at the top of the list when it comes to the NHS's problems. But the community care route is not the solution
Read the full article26 January 2023
Let the rich pay more tax and NI to save the NHS
Making those who can afford it pay more is the logical first step to resolve the crisis at the heart of the NHS
Read the full article19 January 2023
Don’t be taken in by the prime minister’s lies and distortions
We mustn't be fooled by Rishi Sunak's tactics of stating the obvious and distorting the truth
Read the full article12 January 2023
Westwood and Rees-Mogg do not deserve this vilification
We have witnessed the rise of the clownocracy. But issues arise when ridicule replaces serious scrutiny
Read the full article22 December 2022
Britain needs humility… as well as a new government
Rishi Sunak is leading a broken government blind to their errors
Read the full article15 December 2022
‘What’s in it for us?’ is the wrong attitude to Europe
Can this British mercantile mentality ever be changed? Or perhaps the EU is simply better off without us
Read the full article08 December 2022
Let’s start afresh with positive messages about Europe
Forget the rejoin label, we need to start again with our rhetoric
Read the full article01 December 2022
Marginal gains will put rejoining centre stage
We must be realistic and patient when it comes to the campaign for rejoining the European Union
Read the full article24 November 2022
Brexit has got rid of all our potential investors
Brexit sent the message that we have detached ourselves from economic reality. With that, investors' confidence evaporated
Read the full article17 November 2022
Why seaside towns need another Jonny the Pole
Seaside towns like Skegness are yet to experience the 'merits' of Brexit and levelling up just isn't cutting it
Read the full article10 November 2022
Brexit is like a tumour but the patient is in denial
Brexit has been a car crash. When will we have a leader brave enough to tell the truth about this?
Read the full article03 November 2022
Let’s calm the markets by rejoining the single one
Rejoining the single market would begin to offer some stability to our troubling times
Read the full article27 October 2022
Pickles and flying pigs: The farce of British politics
How much longer does the country have to suffer this catastrophe of a government?
Read the full article20 October 2022
Send home the clowns running the country
Two more years of the Tories’ destructive misgovernment would be disastrous for the UK’s economy and credibility
Read the full article13 October 2022
Dan Brown couldn’t have written a worse start, Liz
Liz Truss certainly had the shortest honeymoon period in British political history
Read the full article06 October 2022
Taking the proverbial out of our trickle-down chancellor
Trickle-down economics is a big lie and always has been, argues one reader
Read the full article29 September 2022
Would Europe really want the awkward squad back?
Brexit is a disaster. But, it may be a very long time before the EU is willing to take another chance on the UK, writes one reader
Read the full article22 September 2022
Royalists and republicans both deserve to be heard
Our society needs a more measured approach, writes one reader
Read the full article15 September 2022
The EU tributes for the Queen show a better way ahead
In dark times, it is genuinely heartening to see Europeans coming together. We have our differences, but we are, essentially, the same, writes one reader
Read the full article08 September 2022
Solar farms aren’t the only way to beat climate crisis
There are better places to generate electricity than farmland, writes one reader
Read the full article01 September 2022
We can’t afford another two years of these clowns
There has been more nuanced conversation on reality television than during the Tory leadership race, says one reader
Read the full article25 August 2022
Lazy Johnson bows out by coasting at our expense
This lazy, entitled man is showing his true colours by swanning around during a national crisis, writes one reader
Read the full article18 August 2022
Labour is playing it safe in the most dangerous times
Solutions to the current economic crisis will require the will of a strong leader. Is this part of Keir Starmer's mentality?
Read the full article11 August 2022
Just how bad will PM Truss be? Let us count the ways…
Truss has been described as “a woman so dense that light bends around her”, shares one reader
Read the full article04 August 2022
‘Truss’: a post used to hold up a rickety structure
The word also makes us think of 'trust'. Then we realise that 'Truss' has nothing to do with that at all, writes one reader
Read the full article28 July 2022
Tory immigration policy is a new low in inhumanity
Both Tory leadership contenders clearly want to be tough on immigration to appease the many ultras in their party, writes one reader
Read the full article14 July 2022
Don’t give Boris time to do yet more damage
For the good of the country, the Tories must seek Johnson’s immediate eviction from No 10, writes one reader
Read the full article07 July 2022
It’s time Labour admitted Brexit has been a disaster
It is time to shout out the B-word and admit that Brexit isn’t working, says one reader
Read the full article30 June 2022
The last thing the UK needs is another blurred visionary
After 12 years Tory mismanagement, the country needs someone who'll make tackling the vast inequalities a priority
Read the full article23 June 2022
Is Germany’s €9 train pass an idea above its stations?
Is the €9 travel ticket having a positive impact or is it the worst thing that could've happened to Germany’s commuters?
Read the full article16 June 2022
We can’t wait much longer for Labour’s Brexit plan
The time for sitting on the fence is over, Labour need to spell out a clear plan, argues one reader
Read the full article09 June 2022
Even crooked Nixon was a better leader than Johnson
Nixon was a potentially great man brought down by Watergate. Johnson, on the other hand, hasn't got an ounce of greatness in him, argues one reader
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