What has the Labour Party become?

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We need leadership that has the courage to go back and take our place as a leading nation within a united Europe (AFP/Getty)

The current Labour leadership claims to be a centrist social democratic party. Their actions belie this claim. The display of fanatical flag-waving nationalism at the party conference and the continued determination to ensure that the UK remains outside the European Union indicates that Labour remains an insular party.

Social Democrats in Europe have endeavoured to create European unity. This endeavour has been replicated across the world. The creation of a united Europe was achieved through the efforts of leaders who embraced social democracy and a unity of peoples and nations. Nationalism has no place in social democracy. Social democracy and international unity and cooperation should be the foundation stone of the Labour Party. Brexit has done enormous damage to the UK and has damaged a heroic endeavour to create unity and cooperation in Europe.

The act of leaving the single market and customs union of the most successful trading bloc in the world was economic madness. We need leadership that has the courage to go back and take our place as a leading nation within a united Europe. Do we have leaders with the courage to do this? Or are we now recognising what the Labour Party has become?

Martin Deighton

Suffolk

The 1922 Committee needs to meet urgently

George Canning is currently Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, with his tenure curtailed at 119 days by his death. It looks likely that Liz Truss, supported by “Kamikaze” Kwarteng, will beat this record. But can we really go through the extended agony of another Tory leadership fiasco, with the outcome again undemocratically decided by a few out-of-touch, unrepresentative and self-serving people?

I suggest that the 1922 Committee meets urgently to introduce a quicker and more democratic selection process in preparation for the coming fall from grace. And I ask the many sensible Tory MPs to hurry in their letters to the committee to end this unfortunate comedy of a government.

Tim Sidaway

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire

Bust and broken

The country is bust. The Tories are broken. If Truss prides herself on doing things differently, let’s have a general election and then poor old Britain (the laughing stock of Europe and now the world) can decide who we wish to place our faith in.

Please don’t hide away, prime minister – announce it at your conference next week. It’s all about timing, Liz!

Gordon Ronald

Herts

New government?

Given the government’s manifest financial incompetence, it should clearly be removed as soon as possible. A motion of no confidence ought to be tabled as soon as parliament reassembles.

Such a move would hopefully flush out any Tory MPs who still have some moral backbone. Of course, if these people had any sense, they would already be seeking to depose their failing leaders.

Andrew McLuskey

Ashford

Everyone’s a winner... right?

Viewing life from beneath a new Trussonomics helmet brings relief from pessimism and offers a wider perspective. Consider the case of a homebuyer who now cannot even find a mortgage, let alone afford one. They don’t really need to be homeless at all. The house will soon be snapped up for cash as a long-term investment using those exciting banker bonuses. The very same family can now move right back in as renters. The system works perfectly and everyone is a winner. Aren’t they?

Alan Hallsworth

Hampshire

Is Truss a liberal?

Is Liz Truss a liberal spy sent in to ruin the chances of the Tories at the next election? If so, deliver, deliver, deliver!

Tony Banbury

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