I’m disappointed at so many letters against Stop the War Coalition (10 December). I am the grandmother of a young man who was killed in Afghanistan six years ago and the support I have received from StWC has been a source of strength and helped me through dreadful pain. I have had support from close family and friends, as to be expected, but StWC had no reason apart from being decent women and men who care enough to publicly object to unacceptable wars and the suffering of all who have been affected worldwide.
Joan Humphreys
Dundee
• Ten years ago I went to see a grandson as one of the kings in a nativity play (Letters, 10 December) expecting to see him in robes and wearing a crown. To my astonishment the three kings drove into the hall in some motorised vehicle, one of them driving it, all dressed as Elvis in shiny suits. My grandson remained confused about Elvis’s part in the nativity for some years, though now, at 15, he has probably got it straight.
Sally Hurry
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex
• I helped at a food bank in 1991, at Broadway Christian Parish, South Bend, Indiana (UK hunger ‘a tragedy’ in 21st century, says Welby, 10 December). My shocked reaction: “This would never be needed in Britain.”
Rev Margaret Jones
Salisbury, Wiltshire
• I as a British Muslim will not be signing the petition to ban Mr Trump from Great Britain (Trump faces backlash over Muslim tirade, 9 December). If I did, I would be either unsure of my faith or the democracy I live in.
Naseem Khawaja
Yateley, Hampshire
• Perhaps America should lock up gun owners.
Titus Alexander
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
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