With Sudan, the world cannot afford another Ukraine in the making

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A breakaway country will be a fertile ground for terrorist organisation, instability and insecurity (AP)

Sudan has been ravaged by a heartbreaking humanitarian crisis. Millions are left with dwindling food and water supplies, medicines and fuel. Public health services are teetering on the brink of wholesale division and collapse.

A prolonged civil strife is unbearable to contemplate as Sudan has a strategic location on the Nile, neighbouring Ethiopia, Egypt and Chad. A breakaway country will be a fertile ground for terrorist organisations, instability and insecurity in Africa, and across the wider region. The world cannot afford another Ukraine in the making.

Dr Munjed Farid Al Qutob

London

Between Starmer and Sunak, the next election doesn’t present us with much of a choice

On the day Starmer says a pattern of behaviour regarding Sunak’s wife is emerging, he backtracks on Labour’s commitment to scrap university fees.

As he has backtracked on almost all the pledges that got him elected leader, it’s quite a pattern itself. It also shows he’s another person who has benefited from a free university education, yet thinks it’s acceptable to burden our young people with huge debt and the accompanying anxiety for daring to want to better themselves.

The despicable pattern on both sides is childish name-calling and blame in order to cover their own continuous failings. Has any section of society been dumbed down more than politics? The choices we are left with next year are truly depressing.

Richard Whiteside

Halifax

The coronation is too expensive – just like everything else

Many on social media are attempting to argue the value of the royal family to the UK tourism industry in order to justify the expense of the coronation.

You cannot hobble the tourist industry on one hand, and then claim the royal family are vital to that industry. We are now one of the most expensive destinations in Europe; EU citizens cannot travel on an ID card; queues at Dover are no joke; and several travel links have been curtailed or cancelled. Doesn’t exactly make any sense, does it?

Robert Boston

Kent

Swearing allegiance to the King? That’s a step too far

Acting as he does as “defender of faiths”, it would not be inappropriate for the King to ask for prayers and good wishes on the day of his coronation. But to issue a dedication involving swearing true allegiance to his heirs and successors shows an insensitivity and lack of discernment that does not bode well for the future.

Margot Sutton

Shropshire

The beautiful game

Regarding the recent match between Leicester and Everton: how refreshing to watch a football match that was hard fought without the shameless play acting which spoils so many Premier League matches.

Both managers showed how to behave during a very exciting match in a dignified manner; unfortunately, that isn’t always the case in football. The referee and other officials played their parts well, as did the fans of both teams, enhancing the overall presentation. The players showed respect and earned it. Congratulations to both clubs!

J Rosser

Eccleston

Pay NHS staff what they are owed

As a retired NHS doctor, I have recently received advice on my pension for the next financial year which has increased by 10.1 per cent. I can’t remember in the whole of my 35+ years in the NHS ever getting a double-digit pay rise. I feel embarrassed, to be honest.

Surely the government could and should pay the current workforce what it deserves and is worth.

Sally Kelway

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