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Should Jenrick resign and prompt a by-election?
Having been pushed from the Tory Party before could jump, Robert Jenrick has joined Reform (Metro, Fri).
I understand that an MP can change their views but, when they do, they should do the honourable thing and resign and prompt a by-election.
They were voted in by people who believed in the party they are leaving – not the one they are joining – so it’s a bit rich of Mr Jenrick to say the Tories ‘betrayed its voters’. David, Birmingham
Is it TfL staff’s fault that people dodge train fares?
On whether London is unsafe, Chris (MetroTalk, Thu) says Transport for London staff ‘turn a blind eye’ to gate jumpers and transport police do not seem inclined to chase the fare dodgers.
TfL staff are there to help us with our journeys not confront crooks and put themselves and travellers in danger. The fare dodgers are reported and on camera.
Maybe we should try to not be so judgemental when staff are doing their best in difficult times. J Phillips, Eltham
Should UK government respond to ‘repression in Iran’
The continued inaction of the UK government in response to the brutal repression in Iran is deeply disturbing.
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Many young Iranians fear execution. These are not abstract numbers – they are real people whose lives could still be saved through international pressure. Silence is not neutrality, it is complicity.
While calls for ‘restraint’ are issued, Iranian diplomatic missions continue to operate in Europe, despite evidence embassies function as centres of surveillance and intimidation rather than as genuine embassies. The Iranian people have been left completely alone.
We are being killed, imprisoned and silenced, while democratic governments speak of values but fail to act. SA, An Iranian Living In The UK, via email
n In 1953, the US and UK orchestrated a coup in Iran in order to maintain Western control over the country’s oil reserves.
‘Donald Trump admitted he overthrew president Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela so US companies could access Venezuelan oil,’ says reader
They replaced a popular left-wing nationalist government with an unpopular pro-Western regime led by the Shah of Iran. The unpopularity of the Shah led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and Iran’s current extremist theocratic dictatorship.
Donald Trump admitted he overthrew president Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela so US companies could access Venezuelan oil. I am not a fan of Maduro nor of the totalitarian regime in Iran – but I can’t help but feel suspicious of Trump promising to intervene and I’m sure more than a few Iranians will feel the same way.
Iran is hopefully just starting to become a democracy. The US getting involved could derail that whole process. Helen Shaw, Liverpool
Reader says there are ‘plenty who do the bare minimum and leave the hard work to others’
Jane (MetroTalk, Thu) says we should increase tax ‘on massive incomes’.
While there are undoubtedly some who are born into difficult circumstances and work harder than anyone can imagine for a pittance, and some who have an amount of money that is too much for one person, there are also plenty who do the bare minimum and leave the hard work to others.
Why should those who pick up the pieces and are rewarded with a higher salary be the ones who have to take on the tax burden? Bob, London
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