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SIR – I was amused to learn that the green lobby feels Rowan Atkinson is partially to blame for the slowdown in consumers buying electric cars because he described them as lacking in soul (report, February 7). If consumers truly valued soul as well as function, then I doubt there would be many new cars on the road at all, as most look as if they plopped out of the same jelly mould. Consumers are not idiots. People choose not to buy electric cars because they are relatively expensive – to purchas

SIR – As a churchwarden for 16 years, and with 20 years’ experience as an immigration judge, I would like to offer my thoughts regarding the granting of asylum on the basis of “conversion” to Christianity (report, February 5). My experience of hearing appeals was that the process of assessing whether conversion had truly taken place was not only extraordinarily difficult, but also wide open to abuse. Any testing on the basis of knowledge of the Bible or of Christian teaching would be open to cri

SIR – An estimated 1,000 migrants have crossed the Channel illegally this year alone, but once again the Archbishop of Canterbury denounces the Government’s Rwanda plan (report, January 30) without offering any viable solution to break the business model of the people-smugglers.

SIR – I served 23 years in the Royal Air Force and for the last two was part of a recruitment team (Letters, January 29). The training for this role included an extensive specialist course on recruitment techniques and policies, and a visit to many training establishments that enabled me to offer advice to potential recruits on their chosen trade. I feel this specialist training, together with my personal experience of Service life and conditions, allowed me to encourage, test and eventually rec

SIR – Sarah Gough (Letters, January 23) describes what many see as the major problem with the NHS.