Dominic Raab should do the decent thing and resign

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Dominic Raab walks from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to No 10 on 19 August (AFP/Getty)

As with virtually everyone in this government, Dominic Raab put his own personal pleasures and desires first. He failed to take the necessary actions his important role requires, potentially putting lives in jeopardy.

There is no other way of looking at it.

He should be sacked by the prime minister or do the decent thing and resign.

Judi Martin

Aberdeenshire

Remaining with the subject of foreign secretaries, both past and present, I thought it wise to mention my first trip to London in over 18 months on Friday.

As I was accompanied by my history student daughter, I made a short detour to show her Queen Anne’s Gate, specifically No 1 Queen Anne’s Gate.

There one finds a prominently positioned blue plaque stating that Sir Edward Grey lived here when he was foreign secretary. In fact, he was our longest holder, in one tenure, of such office, between 1905 and 1916, and is widely regarded as being one of the best secretaries of state for foreign affairs, if not the best ever.

Needless to say my effusive praise of Sir Edward’s abilities was not replicated for today’s incumbent.

Robert Boston

Kent

Refugees welcome

The description by Mike Crofts of his military service in Afghanistan is possibly the best and most genuine assessment of the current situation I have read.

Both British and American politicians should be forced to read this every night before they go to bed. Especially the bit about the way we have a duty to welcome refugees.

The British and American administrations have thrown Afghanistan to the wolves. Is their intelligence so poor that this outcome was not predicted?

To say I am ashamed of our government’s behaviour is an understatement.

Steve Edmondson

Cambridge

Change is coming

Janet Street-Porter claims that meat has a part to play in our diets. I have, along with many vegans, been expecting backlash from the meat and dairy industry.

I became vegan because I believe that meat is murder. The fact that it’s a healthier diet and is better for the environment is an added bonus.

Where I live in Shropshire, I see lots of free-range eggs for sale from chickens free to roam. But what’s hidden are the vast chicken warehouses where chickens are treated appallingly. The rivers around here, I’m thinking about the Wye in particular, are dying due to runoff from intensive animal farming.

I think I’ll stick to my diet thanks. Change is coming, get used to it. We might even help save the planet as well as saving animals from unnecessary cruelty.

Andy Vant

Shropshire

Low carbon domestic heating

I have lost count of the number of articles I have read suggesting that air source heat pumps are the solution to the problem of low carbon domestic heating, but they are no panacea.

Some problems, such as the high cost and the need for houses to first be well insulated, have been widely covered. However, there are other issues that are rarely mentioned, such as the fact that many houses don’t have space for the “mini plant room’’ required to house the hot water cylinder and other associated equipment.

The other issue is the noise generated. This may be inconsequential if there are two or three houses in a street using the fan-driven system, but imagine an urban area with thousands of houses all running the same devices. The noise pollution would surely be unacceptable.

Back to the drawing board?

A Brown

Derby