US and European leaders have rightly condemned Belarus for forcing a Ryanair flight carrying an opposition activist to land in Minsk (Report, 23 May). Would these be the same European governments that, in 2013, forced a plane carrying the Bolivian president to divert and land in Austria because of suspicions that the whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board? The US didn’t condemn that, claiming it was “a matter for European authorities”.
Roshan Pedder
West Molesey, Surrey
• Jenny Harries’ assertions do not reassure me (Chance of England Covid restrictions ending on 21 June ‘looking good’, 23 May). She told us in March 2020 that we did not need to keep testing as it was “not an appropriate intervention”; it later transpired that we had stopped testing because we lacked the capacity. She also tried to convince us that wearing a mask could be harmful. I take everything she says with a pinch of salt.
Deirdre Burrell
Mortimer, Berkshire
• One of many reasons to read the Guardian is that the average age of those remembered in your “Other lives” obituaries is usually high. Last week’s was 85.5 years. I’ll continue with my subscription!
Ruth Thompson
London
• “Charles, Prince of Wales, is the heir apparent to the British throne,” it says at the end of his article (Small farms have a huge role to play in our sustainable future, 23 May). Oh, that Prince Charles...
Malcolm Pim
Aylsham, Norfolk
• The best pub sign I can recall was at the Albion in Chester several years ago: “This is a family-unfriendly pub” (Letters, 21 May).
Mike Crawshaw
Wem, Shropshire
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