Weston Patrick News Today

SIR – I am the treasurer of a small group that fundraises for a children’s hospice in North Yorkshire.

POLITICAL parties across Basingstoke have made their pitches ahead of the upcoming election.

SIR – It is utterly absurd to pay the French to patrol their beaches in order to prevent migrants crossing the Channel (report, March 10).

SIR – I cannot agree with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who warns against punishing Russia when the conflict in Ukraine ends.

SIR – In a free-market society, a sure sign that wages are not high enough is when employees leave to do something else.

SIR – The aviation and travel industries took plenty of government money and ruthlessly sacked staff during the pandemic.

SIR – I don’t want this Government to do the things I hoped my vote for it would see it do, just so it can win elections.

SIR – Although people are being encouraged to take a Covid test before meeting others, Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, has now admitted that there is a shortage of tests.

SIR – Boris Johnson has put the country on alert once more, warning that there may be fresh Covid restrictions and even another lockdown (report, September 15).

Scots need to hear a positive case for the Union SIR – The plan for the “PM to charm Scots” (report, January 26) sounds a much better approach than the negative Remain strategy during the run-up to the EU referendum. The case made then was all about what we had to lose by leaving, and not about what we had to gain by staying in the EU. So please, Mr Johnson, make the positive case for the Union and let everyone know on which side their oatcakes are buttered. Ian France   SIR – Judging ...