The end of free movement will put jobs at risk and reduce our global influence

I read your article “Britain set to offer EU immigration deal ‘very similar’ to free movement”.

And it will only cost us several per cent of GDP, severely curtail our growth for years to come, put countless jobs at risk, jeopardise numerous rights for workers and consumers, put our NHS up for sale, cause devastation, misery and insecurity to millions of EU citizens living here and UK citizens living there, reduce our global influence and make us a byword for insanity, irresponsibility and national suicide around the world.

Paula Kirby
Inverness

Davide Buccheri has caused a once fellow worker acute anxiety and embarrassment by posting images of her on a pornography site. This is yet another example of male idiocy to believe that he could get away with such gross behaviour.

I would like to think that his actions have taught him, and shown other like-minded weak men, that women are brave enough to report sexual harassment and have support networks to bring the perpetrators of this vile and evil crime to justice.

Keith Poole
Basingstoke

Hamish McRae writes that “in the rush to create more public listed companies in the 1980s it was converted into a plc”. But he doesn’t say that the sell-off was forced by Margaret Thatcher. She could not believe her luck when it emerged that, unlike mutuals such as building societies, depositors in trustee banks had no vote.

TSB wasn’t just “converted into a plc” – it was stolen from the poor and given to the rich. It is no comfort to know that every government since Thatcher’s would have done the same thing. Yes it was a tragedy, but then we can’t have a situation where ordinary people can use their own money without paying tithes to bankers, who really need our help.

Rachael Padman
Newmarket, Suffolk

John Rentoul’s description of the Windrush debacle and Amber Rudd’s continued presence at the Home Office brings to mind some grim and grisly 1970s political thrillers. I could imagine this one being dubbed The Paradox Continuum.

David Murphy
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At the heart of developments on the Korean peninsula is the issue of whether North Korea will give up its nuclear capability. However, achieving “complete denuclearisation” doesn’t just involve Pyongyang giving up its nuclear weapons, but also that the US removes its own nuclear capabilities from the region, removing protection of its allies South Korea and Japan. This would involve the phased withdrawal of US troops and the rewriting of longstanding security treaties that will fundamentally rebalance power relations in East Asia. As such, it will be the central guarantee that Kim Jong-un will seek when he meets Donald Trump in the next month. Without such a compromise it is unlikely that the dispute will be comprehensively resolved, and will be the clearest test yet of whether the US leader is the great dealmaker he proclaims to be.

Chris Ogden
Associate professor in Asian security at St Andrews University

We can still leave the EU as planned but remain in the European Free Trade Association for as long as necessary. It’s unlikely we’ll ever get a better deal than staying in the single market and the customs union, but if UK negotiators think they can find a way then parliament can vote again. Those were the rights King John enshrined to parliament in the Magna Carta many centuries ago. And that’s democracy now.

Stefan Wickham
Oxted, Surrey