Reader Letters

Readers should keep an eye open for vote-swapping websites in the run-up to the general election

The Jewish experience, over centuries, has been one of persecution and disregard. This is why Israel is pursuing its destructive policy in Gaza

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

James Timpson sets the standard that other business owners should look to emulate

For many older people, it’s our anti-apartheid moment. In some ways, Israel’s system is more cruel than the South African variety

We need a Britain that rewards hard work, where so-called tax exiles and clever tax accountants are no longer seen as heroes

The “poor choice of words” argument is trotted out so often it has become meaningless. A poor choice of MPs is the real issue

Why not make it clear that any party which takes a donation from an individual cannot then award that individual an honour?

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

He has reneged on just about every commitment he made to become Labour leader, and seems to be suggesting nothing will change

If it’s difficult to believe what’s happening in America, remember what our electorate has done to this country since 2016

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

We have a media that seems to shield the government from accountability while at the same time attacking those seeking to scrutinise it

Perhaps it is down to us taxpayers to ensure that the health service is fit for purpose

After four failed prime ministers in four years, the Conservatives are belatedly realising that all they have to show the electorate is failure

For our final letters pages of 2023, a selection of our favourite missives of the year. Thank you to all who wrote in

The whole Rwanda debacle is just a deceit to fool some voters and try to please the Tory backbenchers.

Scotland will flourish as a member of the European family, while England tragically continues thinking it's exceptional

Europe may have led the Tories to destroy themselves, but Thatcher had already set in motion the destruction of the country

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

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

The new brand of Conservatism they sponsor is more disturbing than any cynical opportunism – and Sunak really believes this stuff

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

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

I would take a wrecking ball to Buckingham Palace, one of the ugliest buildings in London

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

We need to leave this divisive subject alone until the country is under new governance

The UK would do well to learn from and adapt the successes of countries like Germany for its own betterment

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.”

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

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

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