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SIR – In 2012 our community was “blessed” with an industrial wind turbine (Letters, November 28), which stands 300 ft above us, blighting the South Downs National Park.

SIR – Whatever the result of the Conservative leadership contest this coming week, the next prime minister needs to take account of the support and political stance of their main competitors.

SIR – A tax cut of £6 billion and cancelled tax rises of £40 billion equate to a fraction of the quantitative easing carried out since 2008 – just shy of £900 billion – and the cost of lockdowns – more than £300  billion.

SIR – The government move to make gas boilers illegal by 2035 will not solve the cost-of-living crisis, but make it worse for homeowners.

SIR – Terry Smith (Letters, May 7) says that electors in Barnet, where Labour has taken control of the council, have voted to have their council tax raised and services run less efficiently.

SIR – Having voted for Boris Johnson all along, I think he now has to go, and sooner rather than later.

SIR – You report (November 26) that President Emmanuel Macron urged our Prime Minister “to refrain from exploiting a tragic situation for political ends”.

SIR – Maros Sefcovic, vice-president of the European Commission, must realise that the EU is disingenuous in proclaiming a desire “to protect the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts”.

Letters: The sophistry behind SNP demands for a second independence vote Letters to the Editor © pool/getty Nicola Sturgeon - pool/getty SIR – Historians looking back will think the British Government mad if it accedes to SNP demands for another independence referendum. With a 63 per cent turnout and 47.7 per cent of the vote, only 30 per cent of the Scottish electorate and 2.7 per cent of the British electorate actually supported this demand. The idea that, so soon after g...

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission  Credit: Johanna Geron/Reuters SIR – If it wasn’t apparent already, the stance of Brussels in the latest rounds of negotiations for a trade deal makes it absolutely clear that the EU has no intention of according Britain the respect and consideration that almost any other independent nation on earth would be granted as a matter of course. Instead, we were treated with disdain. If it can do that to the nation which by its actions in...