Readers discuss Kemi Badenoch’s ‘honesty’, Andy Burnham’s leaning and if the Democrats are responsible for Trump’s presidency (Picture: CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty Images)
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'At least Badenoch is honest', says reader
People may mock Kemi Badenoch for disowning the moderates in her own party, but at least she’s honest.
She was elected Tory leader as a right-winger and was always going to lead the party in a right-wing direction.
Sir Keir Starmer, on the other hand, was elected as a balance between the left and the right within the Labour Party – but instead he’s moved further and further to the right, betraying everything he stood for and going against the members who voted for him in the first place.
Meanwhile, Badenoch has given her critics the chance to turn around and support her.
Any Labour MPs who Starmer doesn’t like just get chucked out of the party altogether. Rob Slater, Norfolk
‘In what universe is Andy Burnham ever considered left wing?’ questions reader
This reader questions Burnham’s leaning (Picture: AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
In reply to Peter (MetroTalk, Wed) regarding what he describes as the left-wing tears over Andy Burnham being blocked from standing as an MP.
In what universe is Andy Burnham ever considered left wing? John, Morpeth
‘The people who criticise any talk with China or Europe would still hand the keys of our country to Trump’ says reader
With regard to Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to Beijing and the approval of China’s controversial ‘super embassy’ in London, it’s strange that the people who criticise any talk with China or Europe would still hand the keys of our country to Donald Trump, no matter how mad he gets. Mick, West Midlands
Are the Democrats to blame for Trump’s presidency?
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This reader says Biden’s age gave Trump the presidency (Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Stephen (MetroTalk, Thu) is right in his assessment of Donald Trump as a dangerous old man ‘losing the race against cognitive decline’.
However, Stephen omits the other horrifying fact about how we and the rest of the world find ourselves in this ghastly situation.
At the heart of Trump’s re-election as US president was the madness of his predecessor Joe Biden in standing for re-election when he was clearly incapable and had been for a long time due, it appears, to the onset of dementia – a fact that his wife tried to cover up.
But it was not just Jill Biden who ignored the deteriorating state of her husband’s health and mental capabilities, all the senior Democrats must have been aware of his inability to function in a constructive and meaningful way and should have stopped him from standing for re-election.
Their failure to do so before Biden humiliated himself and the US on primetime TV gifted the election to Trump and the Republicans. The Democrats are as much to blame for all that has followed. Gordon, Clapham
Reader weighs in on Melania Trump documentary
Melania Trump is said to have received $28million (around £20million) for featuring in a documentary about herself that is showing every indication of being one of the biggest cinematic flops in recent years.
Even more astonishing is the fact that Amazon boss Jeff Bezos – who is seemingly best pals with Melania’s husband, Donald – poured $40million into distribution rights for the documentary.That is on top of the estimated $35million spent on making it. Bob Readman, Sevenoaks
Harty Styles’ extortionate ticket prices…
This reader says prices must be a mistake… (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)
As much as £1,796 for a Harry Styles concert ticket (Metro, Wed)?
I fear someone has inadvertently omitted the decimal point between the seven and the nine. David Turner, Rotherham
Do we need more energy recovery facilities?
In order to remove and dispose of all the waste that gets fly-tipped around the country there is a need for additional energy recovery facilities similar to the one at Peterborough, which can process around 110,000 tonnes of waste each year while creating enough energy to power the equivalent of 19,937 homes.
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There is a similar waste-to-energy power plant at Copenhill in Denmark which incinerates the waste of more than 500,000 residents, generating heat and electricity for almost 150,000 homes. Malco, Chislehurst
Is a social media ban for under 16s realistic?
JWA Crowley (MetroTalk, Wed) may be correct that it’s impossible to enforce a ban on under-16s using social media but I think it’s more realistic than his notion of replacing capitalism. Daniel, Middlesex
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