Jan Lasik News Today

At just 23, Zewditu Gebreyohanes has led a campaign against the charity. Now, she shares her views on wokery, conservation and dumbing down

SIR – The queues we are witnessing as people pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II differ only in their clothing from the ones in the photograph on the front of Tuesday’s Features section, of people waiting to see Winston Churchill lying in state in 1965.

SIR – Encouraging as it is to see greater diversity in some ways in the new Cabinet (report, September 7), there is a clear impression of a lack of cognitive diversity, as Liz Truss has chosen to surround herself with like-minded friends and allies.

SIR – On Monday a record 1,295 people crossed the Channel in small boats.

SIR – I have a visual impairment – macular degeneration – for which I should have injections at six-weekly intervals to protect my remaining sight.

SIR – You report (October 19) that those who can afford to replace their gas boiler with a heat pump will receive a £5,000 subsidy from the Government at a time when millions are facing fuel poverty.