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SIR – Following the Blackpool South by-election result, the usual Conservative suspects came on air to warn us that voting for Reform may let in Labour, and that its voters should hence continue to support the Government, despite its track record. I always want to ask these people if they would run a business this way. If they had hired someone who presented well at interview, but who, once installed, proved dishonest, incompetent, lazy, spendthrift and unwilling to carry out any of the agreed w ....
Letters: Britain must urgently undertake a full defence review if it is now on a war footing aol.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aol.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SIR – The Prime Minister’s announcement last week of £75 billion in new defence funding (“War footing as Sunak ramps up defence spending”, report, April 24) was welcome, if overdue. The British electorate now has a clear choice on whether to put defence of the realm at the top of its priorities. However, Con Coughlin (Comment, April 25) was right to highlight the urgent need for a comprehensive defence review. A balance must be restored between machines and manpower, against a clear political st ....
SIR – The West’s cowardice in refusing to confront Iran is shameful (Letters, April 20). Mealy-mouthed words from Joe Biden and Lord Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, will encourage not only Iran but also all of its proxies, who wage war on its behalf. Unless we confront Iran now and destroy its nuclear development sites, we will be staring down the barrel of another major world war. Major Mike Mckone (retd) Kirby Stephen, Cumbria ....