If Theresa May wants to tackle the strikes she needs to take a leaf out of Thatcher's book

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British Prime Minister Theresa May (AP)

The only reply to the current wave of wildcat strikes in the public services can be a vote-winning, Thatcher-style programme of radical reforms, not a climb down by a novice Conservative leader too weak to withstand anarchy on the train platform and Post Office queue.

If Comrade May is pushed too far and tears down her Che Guevara poster to replace it with a portrait of Baroness Thatcher, she will face her first war since becoming PM with relish, and win, Falklands-style.

A new wave of union legislation is inevitable, with severe curbs on industrial action in the essential services until every channel of negotiation has been exhausted. Then watch her privatise the Post Office, tear up the railways and roll out guardless trains across the entire network.

The PM has already faced down inner city rioters and placard-waving junior doctors: the voting public will fully support her in pushing forward with the efficient, strike-free economy we need in the face of Brexit. There can be no U-turns back to the early 1970s of wildcat strikes at the drop of a flat cap and Watney’s pale ale with curled British Rail sandwiches.

Anthony Rodriguez
Staines Upon Thames

It takes two to tango

When your wife is standing on the doorstep suitcase in hand saying she is leaving you, what is the first thing you promise? You promise to change of course and be a better husband. Can European leaders take the hint please?

The Lib Dems with help from the Greens pulled off a wonderful piece of magic in Richmond Park. Isn't it time for European leaders to confess that the institutions of the EU do in fact need reform? Some early calls for reform and some admissions of one tenth of their past mistakes from the European side, may be all that is needed right now to turn this decision around and get the British people to call off Brexit, as Boris Johnson himself once predicted.

We are weary of waiting on the doorstep. It takes two to tango. The European Parliament moves to Strasbourg one week in every four. How about calling off that move to Strasbourg for a start, as a concession just to demonstrate goodwill? The voters of Richmond Park made the first steps. A clear demonstration of a willingness to reform the institutions of the EU is needed now.

Nigel Boddy
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Postal strikers need to join the 21st Century

In reference to the postal worker’s strike: I'd not join any union whose leaders are so filled with contempt for the public and so stupid that they don't realise that email is a perfectly acceptable alternative to sending Christmas greetings to friends and family. I believe the technical term for such a strike is an “own goal”.

Andrea Hunt
Datchet

The terrorist attack in Jordan was an act of senseless violence

The terrorist attack in Jordan is a brutal and senseless act. We send our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. This is another unequivocal message of the treacherous times we are living in and how our communities have become vulnerable to the trans-boundary scourge of terrorism. It is poignant that the attack occurred in a historic castle full of tourists.

Terrorists once again displayed callous disregard for human life, dignity, decency and civilisation. Jordan needs all the support and solidarity from the global community to pre-empt the threat of terror and remain a stronghold of peace, hope and moderation in a turbulent region.

Dr Munjed Farid Al Qutob
London NW2

'Word of the Year' could go to Donald Trump

If Donald Trump fails to achieve the required 270 votes from the members of the Electoral College, his latest spelling error could indeed enter the English language, as the USA could then be described as "unpresidented".

Grant Serpell
Maidenhead

Let's have another referendum on the referendum

I think there should be a referendum on whether we should have another "leave or remain" referendum.

Martin Cross
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