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| Before the Republican party can do something about its problems (Soul-searching begins, 8 November) it has to solve its biggest problem of all. US conservatives must pop that insulating media bubble they have created. This doesn't require turning Fox News into a liberal, or even a neutral outlet of "news". But it does involve establishment Republicans convincing Rupert Murdoch that major changes need to happen. Further meetings need to happen with the executives of all the shock-jock radio stations. | Before the Republican party can do something about its problems (Soul-searching begins, 8 November) it has to solve its biggest problem of all. US conservatives must pop that insulating media bubble they have created. This doesn't require turning Fox News into a liberal, or even a neutral outlet of "news". But it does involve establishment Republicans convincing Rupert Murdoch that major changes need to happen. Further meetings need to happen with the executives of all the shock-jock radio stations. |
| This needs to be done now, so the consequences of a more reasoned conservative media have time to filter into the mainstream. Candidates will then be forced to deal with facts and evidence, and become more electable. Without fixing the rightwing media, those of us on the left will enjoy decades of continuing Republican marginalisation. Dr Todd Huffman Oxford | This needs to be done now, so the consequences of a more reasoned conservative media have time to filter into the mainstream. Candidates will then be forced to deal with facts and evidence, and become more electable. Without fixing the rightwing media, those of us on the left will enjoy decades of continuing Republican marginalisation. Dr Todd Huffman Oxford |
| • If President Obama really is to pursue a progressive second-term agenda (Editorial, 7 November), it must include a sea change on foreign policy and Guantánamo Bay. Most urgently, the president needs to prevent further loss of civilian life through the use of drones in Pakistan and Yemen. In the Middle East and North Africa, the US must also stop playing geopolitics, especially in the way it favours Bahrain and Saudi Arabia with arms deals and holds its tongue over their flagrant human rights abuses. | • If President Obama really is to pursue a progressive second-term agenda (Editorial, 7 November), it must include a sea change on foreign policy and Guantánamo Bay. Most urgently, the president needs to prevent further loss of civilian life through the use of drones in Pakistan and Yemen. In the Middle East and North Africa, the US must also stop playing geopolitics, especially in the way it favours Bahrain and Saudi Arabia with arms deals and holds its tongue over their flagrant human rights abuses. |
| On Guantánamo, an entire rethink is needed. The disastrous attempt to bypass international law begun under President Bush must be abandoned. All detainees should be charged and brought before federal civilian courts on the US mainland, or safely released. The world is crying out for a truly progressive US president. Kate Allen Director, Amnesty International UK | On Guantánamo, an entire rethink is needed. The disastrous attempt to bypass international law begun under President Bush must be abandoned. All detainees should be charged and brought before federal civilian courts on the US mainland, or safely released. The world is crying out for a truly progressive US president. Kate Allen Director, Amnesty International UK |
| • The proponents of an elected House of Lords in the UK should take note of the impasse in the US Congress since 2010 and consider whether that would be the likely outcome of strengthening the second house here. Surely the time has come to sweep away the upper house, and to strengthen the Commons, with more MPs and greater powers to properly scrutinise and consider legislation. Outside Westminster, no part of our democracy in the UK finds the need for a "second revising chamber". Brian Howes Bingham, Nottinghamshire | • The proponents of an elected House of Lords in the UK should take note of the impasse in the US Congress since 2010 and consider whether that would be the likely outcome of strengthening the second house here. Surely the time has come to sweep away the upper house, and to strengthen the Commons, with more MPs and greater powers to properly scrutinise and consider legislation. Outside Westminster, no part of our democracy in the UK finds the need for a "second revising chamber". Brian Howes Bingham, Nottinghamshire |
| • Has there been any progress in the last four years? Yes, undoubtedly. In neither your excellent newspaper, nor in that of any of your competitors, have I seen any reference to who designed Michelle Obama's election-night dress. Jane Bramwell Rottingdean, East Sussex | • Has there been any progress in the last four years? Yes, undoubtedly. In neither your excellent newspaper, nor in that of any of your competitors, have I seen any reference to who designed Michelle Obama's election-night dress. Jane Bramwell Rottingdean, East Sussex |
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