15 February 2012 12:00 AM
The release on bail of Abu Qatada, the extremist Islamic preacher, has provoked the predictable outrage from the Tory right in Parliament. These MPs forget the fundamental fact that in this country we live under the rule of law. People go to prison for breaking the law.
14 February 2012 12:00 AM
With the sort of money that pop, film and sports stars earn, it can be difficult for ordinary people to feel sympathetic to their situations. Yet for the famous, quite removed from the superficial pampering they receive, there are many challenges and dangers that the non-celebrity does not have to cope with.
13 February 2012 12:00 AM
I was disappointed by The Independent's coverage of the council prayers ruling. I would have thought a journal that prides itself on promoting freedom and justice would have welcomed a judgment which could end the imposition of religion on local councillors.
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
If Joan Smith considered the complexity of the cultural and religious mix that makes up Syria, her prescriptions for intervention might be more muted ("The opposition in Syria needs our help, and now", 5 February).
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
There is growing public concern about the behaviour of domestic energy suppliers. We believe it is time to end the big six energy fix.
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
In his open letter to me (3 February) James Moore reminded us that cyclists are "uniquely vulnerable" on our roads. As a fire-fighter, I attended too many road accidents to do anything other than treat road safety and the safety of cyclists as first-order priorities.
08 February 2012 12:00 AM
I read Nick Gibb's statement that every child should read a Dickens novel by the age of 11 with disbelief. Did he really – as your report (6 February) suggests – say the book should be Great Expectations?
07 February 2012 12:00 AM
It is depressing to read that the British ambassador to the United Nations has given the Secretary General on our behalf a rather obviously selective account of the history of the Falkland Islands and British claims to sovereignty (report, 4 February).
04 February 2012 12:00 AM
That a government employee should be paid through a service company is disgraceful. By the very nature of the appointment it is clear that the contract is between HMG and Lester personally. It is impossible for there to be a contractual relationship between HMG and a service company in these circumstances; they are paying for Lester's "knowledge, experience and expertise".
03 February 2012 12:00 AM
Your editorial position on the de-knighted Fred is absurd (leading article, 1 February). So it sends out a signal that Britain is anti-business and anti-wealth, does it? Do keep a sense of proportion.
02 February 2012 12:00 AM
Had the Forfeiture Committee acted to annul Mr Goodwin's knighthood in 2009 when the full extent of the collapse of RBS became apparent, it might have had much general support. But in making this decision three years after the event, the Government has generated a wave of sympathy for bankers of which the British Bankers' Association could never have dreamt.
01 February 2012 12:00 AM
I am a small businessman, the kind this government seems to have put on a pedestal, apparently capable of rescuing our ailing economy if only regulation is reduced. However, I also have a pensioner mother, a sister who is a single mother working part-time and on benefits and friends on disability living allowance.
31 January 2012 12:00 AM
You report that rooms needed by dignitaries, officials, media and sponsors for the Olympics have been greatly overestimated and this has resulted in an enormous rise in the price of accommodation (30 January).
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