Should 'faith-defined communities' be put to a stop? This week on the news, following the stabbings at Golders Green, I keep hearing statements such as 'the Jewish community fear for their safety' or 'Jewish people don't feel safe walking in their own communities'. In my opinion, part of the problem is the existence of faith-defined communities. In the 21st century, in the UK, communities should be integrated – including people of all faiths and none. There should be no Jewish communities, Christian communities or Muslim communities or communities of any faith. Faith and religion are divisive and people have been warring over it for millennia. Until people can learn to live with each other's differences, there will always be hate and wars over faith. We can make a start, by getting rid of faith-defined communities and integrating.
No bad words against King Charles
I don't want to hear any more criticism of our royalty. King Charles has done an absolutely amazing job on his State visit to the US. His speeches have been wonderfully composed and president Donald Trump has engaged with him and Queen Camilla. This has been to the advantage of our country and he has accomplished far more than our politicians.
'Feeble words' from politicians following the Golders Green attack
After yet another cowardly attack on the Jewish community at Golders Green, the ridiculously weak home secretary Shabana Mahmood says that wider society needs to stand up and confront this antisemitism. Feeble words from a desperate minister running out of ideas.
Do British politicians forget they are of 'migrant descent'?
It seems to me that Priti Patel, Suella Braverman and Shabana Mahmood overlook the fact that they are themselves of migrant descent – they appear to be more anti-migrant than the majority of the population.
UK needs Deposit Return Scheme for litter
I regularly tidy up in my patch of north London and I couldn't agree more with Michael (MetroTalk, Thu) with regards to some people not caring about litter. But when is the UK going to have a Deposit Return Scheme, widely used across Europe? Machines located across the city enable you to separate tins, plastic bottles and occasionally glass. It works, with high recycling rates and is cost neutral, with credit given on each item processed.
House of Lords are 'politically appointed cronies'
With the departure of the last hereditary peers, the House of Lords has become the house of politically appointed cronies. It is high time this body was elected. All candidates should renounce any allegiance to any political party to stand and sit as independents.
Is Metro's Medium Sudoku more difficult than the Hard level?
Every time I pick up a Metro I find the Medium Sudoku is more difficult than the Hard one. It's too frequent to be a coincidence. Are you trying to boost the ego of people doing your puzzles? This reader thinks so! Not sure if you might every now and again mix up the Medium and Hard Sudoku puzzles? Last Thursday, I found the harder puzzle easier to solve. Maybe I'm smarter than I think! The puzzles page is still my favourite part of Metro.
