Submitting... Is it that, with his message of hope for a happier, less austere future, he attracted young people into politics? Pressure is growing on Sir Keir Starmer who succeeded Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in April 2020. Is it that in two years he presided over a sharp decrease in anti-Semitism among Labour supporters? Or is it that in the 2017 election he wiped out Theresa May’s majority? After that, powerful right-wing forces took fright and intensified the campaign to demonise Mr Corbyn, which continues to this day. From: Nigel Bywater, Oak Grove, Morley. THE result in the Hartlepool by-election was a kick in the teeth for all the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster (Kath Pinnock, The Yorkshire Post, May 7).