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Reader calls for a tax on the super-rich
Rachel Reeves says that we all have to chip in to save skint Britain. Should the government start with the super-rich and close every single tax avoidance scheme in existence? Pedro, Hammersmith
Reader says UK has a ‘broken benefit system paying people who don’t want to work’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned millions of Britons they could face higher taxes because ‘we will all have to contribute’ to securing the UK’s economic future (Metro, Wed).
I have no issue with taxes being increased to improve public services – I just have a huge issue with the broken benefit system paying people who don’t want to work.
The system was meant for those unable to work but has been manipulated by work dodgers. Any government who addresses this would put the country on the right track and save millions. A Henry, Leeds
‘Labour must go further on EU trade links to rebuild our economy’ says reader
Brexiters accuse pro-Europeans of ‘talking Britain down’. Yet Nigel Farage now predicts ‘a 2027 general election caused by economic collapse’.
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Labour must go further on EU trade links to rebuild our economy – and stop a Nostradamus Nigel government. Peter Packham, Chair, Leeds for Europe
Reader questions why individuals actions lead to the blame game of groups
Taking the recent horrific stabbings on the Cambridgeshire train as an example (Metro, Wed), why, after every time horrible people do horrible things, is the reaction to try to find people to blame? Red, Ruislip
Reader points out NHS failures shown by surgeon who ‘botched children’s operations’
Regarding the bosses at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, who missed 32 chances to take action against a surgeon accused of botching children’s operations (Metro, Thu).
Unfortunately, this happens far more frequently than you would think.
The way NHS hospital trusts are funded means poor performance affects how much they receive from central government, so they hide the truth.
For anyone who wants to know how far this rot goes, I urge you to read Smoke And Mirrors and Whistle In The Wind by surgeon Peter Duffy, who was awarded £102,000 by an employment tribunal after blowing the whistle over practices at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. David Farrer, Lancaster
Will AI take over our jobs?
I just wanted to tell anyone worried about AI taking over their jobs not to worry just yet.
As an 80-year-old woman, I was very reluctant to use AI to enquire about something on a website.
I wondered why I wasn’t able to type much before I realised I had appeared to have run out of space.
Then there was a message saying I was ‘suspected of being a bot’.
The reason given was I was typing too fast! I suspect this is because I learnt to touch-type at school and have years of experience. Teresa B, London
This reader thinks Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is ‘one of the stodgiest, most boring and hard to read books ever written’
Further to Peter’s complaint that the new Frankenstein film strays too far from the book (Metro, Tue).
He suggests people read Mary Shelley’s book for a ‘sensitive treatment of the story’. It’s actually one of the stodgiest, most boring and hard to read books ever written. Owen, London
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