David Cameron linked arms with other European leaders to defend freedom and human rights. His discussions with President Obama (Report, 16 January) will be an opportunity to put these values into action. British resident Shaker Aamer has been imprisoned in Guantánamo for nearly 13 years, without charge or trial, in violation of all his human rights. David Cameron has stated that Shaker Aamer’s release and return to his home and British family in the UK is an urgent priority. President Obama has pledged to close Guantanamo. Can we assume that, at last, there will be news of Shaker’s imminent freedom?
Joy Hurcombe
Worthing, West Sussex
• I pity the electorate in my old constituency of South Thanet. Now Al Murray is standing for parliament alongside Nigel Farage (Report, 15 January), voters will now have a choice of two upper-class morons portraying themselves using the grossest caricatures of what working-class people are like.
John Curtis
Ipswich, Suffolk
• Perhaps Timothy Spall could be given the Turner prize (For Heaven’s Sake, no Spall, Mr Turner or Lego Movie, 16 January)?
Mary Jackson
Gilston, Hertfordshire
