SIR – There has been much recent correspondence on assisted dying, with views for and against. As 2024 may well be an election year, surely it is the ideal opportunity to have this settled by a majority. A referendum on, at least, the basic principle of allowing assisted dying should be included as part of the voting process. Not to allow this would be, I believe, an affront to democracy. I call for MPs to introduce the question as soon as they return to the Commons.
SIR – Charles Moore’s description of the Prime Minister’s early actions as “transformative” reminded me of what was said about Tony Blair following his success in the general election of 1997.
SIR – Describing the erratic pauses in violence by Russian invaders of Ukraine as “humanitarian corridors” seems akin to applauding a bully for taking a few minutes off from beating his victim.