Terror does not have a religion or a skin colour

It is disheartening that we once again find ourselves in the unenviable position of praying for those who tragically lost their lives.

Only last month, Las Vegas fell victim to the deadliest mass shooting calamity in modern times. On that horrendous day, there was no mention whatsoever of the perpetrator’s faith, religion, culture or creed; no mention of immigration policies and the evil ideology that sows division and discord and promotes animosity; no mention of the reprehensible attack on the principles of justice, freedom, tolerance, human rights and democracy that we all hold dear.

It is time to change tactics and counter-terrorism strategies. We will never defeat terror unless we understand that it is truly irreligious, colourless and faithless.

Dr Munjed Farid al Qutob
London NW2

A legal immigrant, perhaps radicalised while in the US, mows down and kills eight people and injures 11 in Manhattan. Before the death count is confirmed Trump has called for further immigration restrictions.

A rich old white guy slaughters 59 and injures around 500 in Las Vegas, using weaponry special forces would be in awe of, but its “too soon to talk about gun control”.

This is way beyond hypocrisy.

Amanda Baker
Edinburgh

Brexit, I am regularly reminded, is the will of the people and questioning the wisdom of the decision merely demonstrates that I am an elite, anti-democratic globalist. Yet the sheer complexity of the issue and the fact that no nation had tried to leave the EU before meant it was always going a truly perilous shot in the dark.

To plan ahead and mitigate the damage after the unexpected referendum result, the Government commissioned around 60 studies into the economic impact of leaving. Brexiteers don’t want the public to have access to this information presumably because the results are so alarming there might be a clamour for another vote.

Yet it’s a funny kind of democracy that insists public involvement in such a huge event, that will affect not only our future but that of our children – who, let us not forget, voted overwhelmingly against Brexit – is over, and one binary vote poisoned by propaganda is all we are to be allowed. No wonder Hitler liked referendums.

Dr John Cameron
St Andrews

I was very pleased to read Rachel Greenwood’s letter suggesting that it would be more propitious to write to one’s local paper pointing out the iniquities of Brexit. This did raise a wry smile!

For myself I have on many occasions over many years sent in letters to this destination – before and after the Brexit vote – on a number of topics. The problem is that more than 90 per cent of letters received are entirely parochial. Every week there is a stream of traffic gridlock, parking in front of junior schools, buses not arriving for “big” school, litter and berating the council for not cutting grass verges. After a while one becomes rather disheartened in rarely seeing a letter beyond these confines although I fully understand that at times these issues do need raising.

Good luck to everyone that does try and I shall undertake to dispatch a missive later this week!

Let us hope it does not raise the ire of the local anti-EU enthusiast who replies regularly that the UN and NATO are in on it!

Robert Boston
Kent

Theresa May reminds me of the harassed mother whose children asked for liver but who now have no appetite for it. “You asked for it, I went to all the trouble of making it and now you’re bloody well going to eat it!”

Gareth Valentine
London SE26

So, massive redundancies are forecast to occur in the London banking sector as a result of Brexit. Good, I say. These overpaid parasitic bankers will now be available to fill the socially useful albeit low paid agricultural jobs shortly to be vacated by Brexiting Europeans.

John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh