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SIR – In response to a question about Lee Anderson’s defection from the Conservatives to Reform UK, James Cleverly, the Home Secretary, came out with the old cliché – that a vote for Reform is a vote for Labour. Do these people who are supposedly running the country not realise that it is because of their incompetence that Reform even exists? The Tories failed to keep their 2019 manifesto pledges. When Rishi Sunak became the unelected Prime Minister, these were followed by yet more empty promise

SIR – The uproar in the House of Commons during the debate on a ceasefire in Gaza (report, February 22) revealed an unfortunate sense of self-importance on the part of its members.

British fertility experts fear IVF could become the UK's next 'cultural battleground' similar to abortion access after a US court shockingly ruled that frozen embryos are children.

SIR – The Houthis attack ships in the Red Sea (“US and UK launch strikes on Houthi rebel bases”, report, January 12). Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon. The Palestinians attack from Gaza. All these acts of war are supported by Iran.

Newbury’s oldest pub has been definitively dated, revealing that it is nearly 350 years old.