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| Last Friday, 8 December, Jeremy Corbyn was awarded the prestigious MacBride International Peace Prize in Geneva. Sean MacBride was the co-founder of Amnesty International. Not a single mainstream newspaper in the UK, including the Guardian, or the BBC or ITN, seems to have reported this. Is it imaginable that if the prize had been awarded to David Cameron as leader of the opposition when Blair was in office, it would not have been mentioned? Is the Guardian’s commitment to peace less strong than its fear that the leader of the opposition may become the next prime minister?Barbara Harriss-WhiteEmeritus professor of development studies, Oxford University | Last Friday, 8 December, Jeremy Corbyn was awarded the prestigious MacBride International Peace Prize in Geneva. Sean MacBride was the co-founder of Amnesty International. Not a single mainstream newspaper in the UK, including the Guardian, or the BBC or ITN, seems to have reported this. Is it imaginable that if the prize had been awarded to David Cameron as leader of the opposition when Blair was in office, it would not have been mentioned? Is the Guardian’s commitment to peace less strong than its fear that the leader of the opposition may become the next prime minister?Barbara Harriss-WhiteEmeritus professor of development studies, Oxford University |
| • I noticed with interest in your early edition (12 December) an article headlined “Corybn resists call to spell out Labour position on Brexit”. May I add “… and Grauniad resists call to spell Labour leader’s name correctly”.Terry CloughLeintwardine, Herefordshire | • I noticed with interest in your early edition (12 December) an article headlined “Corybn resists call to spell out Labour position on Brexit”. May I add “… and Grauniad resists call to spell Labour leader’s name correctly”.Terry CloughLeintwardine, Herefordshire |
| • Theresa May’s article (It is Britain’s duty to help nations hit by climate change, 12 December) makes interesting reading, but I am concerned over when she found the time to write it. Another 3.45am start to the day, or did she skip church on Sunday morning?Peter BarnesMilton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | • Theresa May’s article (It is Britain’s duty to help nations hit by climate change, 12 December) makes interesting reading, but I am concerned over when she found the time to write it. Another 3.45am start to the day, or did she skip church on Sunday morning?Peter BarnesMilton Keynes, Buckinghamshire |
| • To put Ian Joyce out of his misery (Letters, 11 December), the Lutterworth roundabout has a replica of Frank Whittle’s first jet aircraft because its engine was produced there at the British Thomson-Houston works. He might also like to know that the memorial is rotated 90 degrees on a monthly basis and that seven of the 13 reviews of the roundabout on Tripadvisor rate it as Excellent.Alan WoodleyNorthampton | • To put Ian Joyce out of his misery (Letters, 11 December), the Lutterworth roundabout has a replica of Frank Whittle’s first jet aircraft because its engine was produced there at the British Thomson-Houston works. He might also like to know that the memorial is rotated 90 degrees on a monthly basis and that seven of the 13 reviews of the roundabout on Tripadvisor rate it as Excellent.Alan WoodleyNorthampton |
| • I can’t help feeling sorry for Alice O’Keeffe’s seven-year-old son; 50p pocket money a week (Opinion, 12 December). That’s not enough to buy the Beano every other week. With inflation running at 3%, can he please get a rise from January?Chris PalmerDoonfoot, Ayrshire | • I can’t help feeling sorry for Alice O’Keeffe’s seven-year-old son; 50p pocket money a week (Opinion, 12 December). That’s not enough to buy the Beano every other week. With inflation running at 3%, can he please get a rise from January?Chris PalmerDoonfoot, Ayrshire |
| • Michele Hanson could try harder in the snow (A certain age, G2, 12 December); lightweight detachable crampons such as Yaktrax have been available for years, and my own experience proves they infallibly prevent slippages on snow, ice and slush. A hiking pole with a pointed end helps too.Dr Brigid PurcellNorwich | • Michele Hanson could try harder in the snow (A certain age, G2, 12 December); lightweight detachable crampons such as Yaktrax have been available for years, and my own experience proves they infallibly prevent slippages on snow, ice and slush. A hiking pole with a pointed end helps too.Dr Brigid PurcellNorwich |
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