Here's hoping Nigel Farage stays in the US for a while – Trump has done the UK a favour

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Nigel Farage has taken a trip to the US (Reuters)

The report that Nigel Farage was admitted to the US in spite of their travel restrictions because he was deemed to be an alien “whose entry would be in the national interest”.

How very generous of the US officials to consider our national interest rather than theirs.

Alan Pack

Canterbury

There seems to be a certain amount of confusion over Nigel Farage visiting the USA using an exemption around “national interest”.

I actually welcome his journey and my conjecture is that the “national interest” actually applies to this country and not the USA.

Hopefully, the ex LBC presenter remains abroad for an extended period, does not outstay his welcome, and plays a full part in the last days of Trumpian America!

Robert Boston

Kingshill

More debt

The pandemic has exposed the frailties of the public service sector. This should come as no surprise after the years of austerity.

The government should have adopted a Keynesian approach whereby public money could have been spent creating jobs to improve the infrastructure and in making tangible products to benefit future generations. This would have optimised the chances of leaving a positive legacy from this disastrous situation.

However, the Bank of England has decided to pursue a policy of quantitative easing in order to pump liquidity into the economy. In doing so, the short term has been given priority over the long term with the cost of further debt for our children and grandchildren.

James Keeley

Surrey

Mutual gain

I read the column from John Rentoul (Editor’s Letter, 22 June) and agree wholeheartedly about the proactive and constructive working relationship which has been forged between Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill in Northern Ireland and yes it should have received more coverage than it has.

When you get two polar opposites coming together for the ultimate good of the country and not their own political affiliations, this is a situation to be welcomed and cheered from the rafters.

It is outrageous that Julian Smith, the former minister for Northern Ireland who worked tirelessly to achieve this power-sharing, was summarily dismissed by Boris Johnson. But it must please him that his hard and committed work has born fruit in this active and mutually-rewarding co-operation between these two ministers.

Judith Daniels

Great Yarmouth

Shared values

Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims of the Reading attack. This is a grim reminder of the virus of terrorism, as our world is still grappling with another lethal and invisible virus.

On both fronts, we must not lose sight of our cherished values: freedom, democracy, pluralism, tolerance and human rights that are compatible with religions and that are antithetical to the ideology of terrorism that sows divisions and animosities.

Dr Munjed Farid Al Qutob

London

Public service

Covid-19 has revealed to us all how much we rely on public sector workers and we should all show them the appreciation they deserve. On the 23 June please thank your public sector workers.

If you are a public sector worker I want to say a huge thank you to you but you deserve more than a thank you, you deserve a pay rise. So, join your trade union and fight with your colleagues for what you rightly deserve.

Lloyd Russell-Moyle

Labour (Co-op) MP for Brighton, Kemptown