Has the Labour party really left Jack Monroe (Report, 19 March)? Or has Ms Monroe merely left behind a life whose perspective was at odds with that currently engendered by the more affluent life she leads now? For the Green party gets little support from the downtrodden, to whom it is impractically obsessed with middle-class issues, where Labour can offer more realistic electoral salve for austerity-stricken aspirations. And more realistic hope, in the circumstances of 256 Labour MPs to one Green member. Her announcement that a firmer Labour immigration policy was the final straw would, indeed, indicate that this is very much the case.
John Haran
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
• Why is Jeremy Paxman to conduct the election interviews with Cameron and Miliband (Report, 18 March)? It hardly respects the BBC’s statutory duty to be impartial, since Paxman has admitted being a Tory supporter, which was obvious to anyone who saw his last appearance on Newsnight when he “interviewed” Boris Johnson. How can viewers have any confidence that Paxman will be impartial when he so obviously favours one party over the other? The BBC should find an independent interviewer.
Norman Evans
East Horsley, Surrey
