Is it irony or ignorance that drives David Cameron, the apostle of “compassionate conservatism”, to observe that: “The most important thing to do is to try to bring peace and stability to that part of the world” (Cameron: we can’t take any more people fleeing from war, 3 September)? He ignores the history of one disastrous British intervention after another in Middle East affairs, including his own decision to lead the bombing of Libya – not to mention his (thus far) thwarted ambition to bomb Syria and his appetite to join delegations selling arms to the region.
Nigel de Gruchy
Orpington, Kent
• David Cameron says Britain should not take in any more refugees from Syria because “the best solution to the crisis is to bring peace and stability to the Middle East”. Good luck with that, then.
Karl Sabbagh
Newbold on Stour, Warwickshire
• When I have a flat tyre on the motorway, I don’t need to be told by David Cameron that the solution lies in further efforts to produce tyres that do not puncture.
Rev Christopher Jones
Salisbury, Wiltshire
• David Cameron’s remarks on the refugee crisis are the rationalisation of disinclination. Of course, taking in a number of refugees fleeing from violence and persecution will not solve the problem, but what joy and life-changing opportunities it will give to those families embraced by this country.
James Ingram
Sandhurst, Berkshire
• I’m spending the coming weekend in the company of a German three-wheeler motoring club and dread the prospect of being asked about the growing “little Englander” image promoted by the government and the rightwing press.
Duncan Grimmond
Markington, North Yorkshire
• Can’t take any more people fleeing from war? Yes we can, and yes we must.
John Newnham
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
