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SIR – President Joe Biden said that an “invasion” of Ukraine would mean war, but an “incursion” into Ukraine will only trigger sanctions (report, January 21).
SIR – The Government has had ample time to solve the problem of the cross-Channel illegal-immigrant business.
SIR – It has been 12 years since HS2 was announced in 2009.
13 May 2021 • 12:02am Nearly every GP surgery in England is short of a family doctor and patients are still finding it very difficult to book face-to-face appointments Credit: Anthony Devlin/PA SIR – I recently needed a district nurse to check something wrong with the leg of a 90-year-old. I phoned the surgery and was told to speak to a GP. For that I must phone first thing in the morning. At 8.30am next morning I started dialling. On the 123rd call, I got through, to be told I was number six in the queue. By the time I finally spoke to a receptionist, no appointments were left for the mo...
SIR – Much was made of “good faith” by the EU during Brexit negotiations. Recently there have been reports of its officious customs staff rejecting export documents for ridiculous reasons and even of lorry drivers’ sandwiches being confiscated. Now, in an attempt to draw attention away from its sclerotic vaccine procurement and approval process, the EU threatens to stop the export of vaccines from factories in continental Europe and demands that it be sent supplies produced in Britain. The EU would do well to remember that good faith works both ways. Adrian Waller Woodsetts, South Yor...