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Enough of this carnage

I HAVE a serious opinion, regarding the posturing and excuses I watch daily from the politicians in on television chat shows and the national media.  Simplicity being the foundation of common sense, how have we reached a situation where armed police walk our streets, even in our town of Swindon?

A town, I thank for my prosperity as well as that of my family and other British non Swindonians, as well as our contributing arrivals from all over the world who have come to Swindon for a better life, as I did.

My point? How have we managed to get into a situation where an eight-year-old child, to mention but one of many, is blown up at a pop concert?

Complacency comes to my mind regarding the politically correct idiots who assume power.  I am a God-fearing patriot and admirer of our Majesty the Queen, who turned up at the hospital of the violated, shaming the rest by dedication. She does not need votes as they do. She does it from her heart as the monarch of the British nation.

Enough is enough of this carnage – appeasing the insidious and seditious, welcoming them into our homeland, and being thanked by mass murder.

BILL WILLIAMS, Merlin Way, Covingham, Swindon

Barriers are insane

Of all the many foolishly damaging reasons for the UK to break away from the EU, the idea of having different national laws separating countries must be the stupidest.

International criminals of all sorts, from corporation tax dodgers to terrorists, must be the ones who will benefit most of all from such changes, dividing and confusing the work of 28 national police forces.

It cannot be that the Brexiteers wish to be accomplices of the Isis terrorists, but it must be as clear to all law-abiding citizens that the closer the legal systems of all these countries are to each other, then the safer we are.

It defies the common sense of the most jingoistic, nationalistic Brixiteer who has no intention to justify with any logic his shallow emotional desire to keep foreigners at bay. He is making life more difficult for honest immigrants  but tremendously more easy for homicidal terrorists who will play upon the conflict and legalistic disparity. It is an insane policy, given the present known facts, to create barriers to the efficiency between those who seek to save us.

C N WESTERMAN, Meadow Rise, Brynna

Support for children

I’m so proud that over the past 25 years UK aid has transformed the lives of children across the world.

UK aid means that mothers in some of the poorest countries can have a midwife by their side when they give birth and that their little ones get the vaccinations and medical treatment.

This election is about who we want to be as a nation. Aid shows Britain at its best. That’s why I’m calling on my candidates to champion UK aid and ensure it’s spent on helping the world’s most vulnerable children if elected.

CHARLES HEALEY, Pipers Piece, Marlborough