'Do we want to follow Alice down the rabbit hole?' - Your Letters: April 8

Have any other people recently had an unbelievable request through their letterbox? I was asked to support an "organisation" called Reform, led by a leader claiming to be the answer to the UK and its needy.

This leader (when he is not in the USA supporting an untrustworthy criminal dictator) often appears, with his usual sycophantic smirk, at these USA rallies, where they heap praise on each other. The man he supports is causing vast worldwide problems. Like all dictators, Trump demands total obedience or you are fired and replaced with an obedient follower. The world is going through a strange, unsettled time, a bit like Alice in Wonderland. The question is, do we want to follow Alice down the rabbit hole and be led by the Mad Hatter Farage, who is only concerned with keeping on Trump's side? Trump will keep us guessing each day with fake news that he will announce as the truth, and should you question him, abuse and threats will be heaped down on you.

We followed Farage once down the rabbit hole, leaving the EU, which was disastrous. Now we need to fight to get back into our nearest market to escape Trump and Farage with their self-seeking illusions and get some straight, honest truths.

Roger Cain, West Midlands

A GRIM APRIL AS OUR BILLS GO UP

We’re now at the start of Labour’s awful April for families, businesses, charities and more.

Bills have gone up by £1,191 for working families. Energy bills are up by £111, despite Labour’s promise to cut them by £300. Phone bills, water bills, and nursery bills for working parents with small children all increased. Under Labour the average Band D council tax bill is going up by £109, despite Keir Starmer’s pledge to freeze it.

And Labour’s jobs tax comes into effect, meaning every working household will be £3,536 worse off over the course of this Parliament. Labour’s jobs tax will also hit charities, including hospices looking after terminally ill children. It’s shameful.

And Labour have left the country woefully underprepared for the consequences of Trump's tariffs, which will only make things worse. The country cannot afford four more years of this economic vandalism.

We need to push for a general election and vote in a party that will support the people of this country to make it great again.

D Baldwin, West Midlands

UK LAWS ARE NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

The more I read about the crimes that are taking place in our country day after day, crimes never heard of before, the more it's convinced me that the laws in our country are not fit for purpose anymore and haven't been for a very long time. Let’s get these vile people off our streets. So what if the prisons are overcrowded! People go to prison to be punished, not rewarded, or for the more serious crimes bring back capital punishment and send out a clear message. Change in this soft system is well overdue. Child killers top of the list.

Judith Fisher, Tividale

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