Keir Starmer reminds us of the value of experts

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Starmer has the legality, the country and the economy at the heart of his plans (Keir Starmer)

By using his past legal expertise from when he was director of public prosecutions (2008), Sir Keir Starmer has pulled a blinder by seeking legal advice on dealing with immigration already; certainly as a response to the Conservatives’ latest dose of right-wing patriotism designed to appeal to the Liz Truss and Suella Braverman sect in his party.

Whereas Sir Keir has the legality, the country and the economy at the heart of his plans, it is all too clear that Rishi Sunak is yet again being held back by certain factions in his party.

Geoffrey Brooking

Hampshire

Who do our politicians think they’re fooling?

Every time you publish an article revealing the deplorable state of one or another department of state in England – for example today’s shocking report on our prisons – you (entirely properly) try to “balance” your critical report with a response from a government spokesperson.

The mind-bending self-congratulation and lack of any semblance of an understanding of the reality of the situation that seems invariably to characterise their responses is usually the most damning feature of your article.

Who on earth do they think they are fooling?

D Maughan Brown

York

Good will to all men?

If only the “goodwill to all mankind” Christmas cheer could be bottled up and released into the drinking water for the other 364 days of the year. Humanity is amply capable of the kindness and care so much in evidence this time of year. Our common new year’s resolution could be to insinuate the Christmas spirit into every day of our, and others’, lives.

Dr Joseph Ting

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The sooner the world goes vegan, the better

I read your article about ducks being cruelly abused. I am glad I am vegan and find it horrific and extremely sad the way billions of animals, birds, fish etc are treated before they are then cruelly killed for human consumption. The sooner the world goes vegan, the better.

Al Reid

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