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David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre was the first, not Dadabhai Naoroji, says Tony BerrettDavid Ochterlony Dyce Sombre (1808-51) was the first Asian MP, not Dadabhai Naoroji, as Dr Peter Chadha and Zaki Cooper claim (Letters, 25 October). Dyce Sombre was elec…
Read MoreReaders respond to Afua Hirsch’s article calling for Britain to confront the painful truth of its colonial pastAfua Hirsch’s article explicitly describes the everlasting damage created in the name of colonialism (This is a Britain that has lost its Que…
Read MoreThe recent flooding is a direct result of a climate crisis fuelled by the global north. We must accept the blame and pay up, says Christopher Tanner Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar’s article (Rich countries caused Pakistan’s catastrophic flooding. Their response…
Read MoreWe should never take free speech for granted, especially if it concerns art, writes John FinlayI read with interest your editorial (The Guardian view on China’s censors: the sense of an (acceptable) ending, 24 August). In 2016, I was about to publish a…
Read MoreRichard Sproat, Joseph R Allen and Adam Burden put the Chinese ambassador’s pronouncements in an opinion article into historical contextZheng Zeguang, the Chinese ambassador to the UK, parrots the standard People’s Republic of China talking point that …
Read MoreThe judges who sit on the court of final appeal are only legitimising Beijing’s draconian rule, writes David AltonThe Hong Kong regime’s repeated incarceration of the veteran activist Alexandra Wong for peaceful protest reveals just how fearful it is o…
Read MoreBritain must do more to help a fellow Commonwealth country in desperate need, says Peter HeapThe UK government’s response to the situation in Sri Lanka is shameful. People there are starving, and dying for lack of medicines; they cannot get to work or …
Read MoreOne of the poorest countries is experiencing disastrous consequences because of the developed world’s use of fossil fuels, says Prof Steve MartinThis is a moving and disturbing story (‘Every year it gets worse’: on the frontline of the climate crisis i…
Read MoreAinsley Dawrent responds to an undiplomatic comment about the bucket fountain at Cuba Mall in WellingtonToby Fisher’s remark that the bucket fountain in Cuba Mall, Wellington, is the “crappiest fountain ever” is uncalled for and, even in jest, wrong (T…
Read MoreIt’s right to guard against UK components making their way to Vladimir Putin, but India’s controls are robust, writes Burzine WaghmarYou cited a recent report byJack Watling and Nick Reynolds, my Royal United Services Institute colleagues (Johnson vows…
Read MoreJakki Moxham reflects on the experience of a family who came to Britain last year, and the systemic failures of Operation Warm WelcomeI read your feature with great interest (Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo, 26 Ma…
Read MoreFormer UN humanitarian coordinators Martin Barber and Mark Bowden call for support for Afghanistan’s economy, ahead of a pledging conferenceOn 31 March, heads of government will convene to pledge funds to an appeal for humanitarian assistance for Afgha…
Read MoreReaders respond to an article by Nesrine Malik about how the invasion of Ukraine has been viewed differently to other conflicts across the globeNesrine Malik’s comment has one further compelling dimension to it: seeing this horror in Ukraine and all co…
Read MoreBritish judges are lending credibility to an increasingly anti-democratic justice system in Hong Kong, argues Siobhain McDonaghThe Orwellian reports coming from Hong Kong will come as no surprise to those of us who have been watching its legal system d…
Read MoreFormer defence, national security and foreign policy experts lay out five outcomes that the international community should be working towards to avert an irreversible humanitarian disasterWhen international forces left Afghanistan so abruptly over the …
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