Rather than rely on treaties signed in the days of George I, and on the views of that capable diplomat Donald Trump (Letters, 1 August), I’d prefer to follow the guidance of the international court of justice, which ruled that Morocco has no claim to the Western Sahara. If the Sahrawi people really welcome Morocco’s sovereignty, as your correspondent suggests, then why doesn’t Morocco allow the referendum on the issue that the UN has been urging for decades?
Peter Loschi
Chadderton, Greater Manchester
The Church in Wales appointed a new archbishop last week after a delay of only a month. The Roman Catholic Church found a new pope after only two weeks. Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury in November 2024, but the Church of England has still not found a successor. How can this be?
Dr Patrick Hoyte
Wootton Courtenay, Somerset
Andy Beckett talks of New Labour’s “centrist assumptions” (Opinion, 1 August) and Patrick Cosgrove of Labour’s “centrist drift” (Letters, 31 July). If Blair and Starmer are centrist then Harold Macmillan and Ted Heath were hardline socialists.
John Parkin
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
How could you overlook A Hard Day’s Night by Peter Sellers (From Zooey Deschanel to Captain Kirk doing Dylan: the best songs by actors, ranked!, 31 July)? Delivered in the manner of Laurence Olivier performing Shakespeare’s Richard III, it’s the most original cover of a Beatles song – and the most hilarious.
Mike Pender
Cardiff
A whole article about the actor Ralph Ineson (5 August) without once mentioning his gorgeous deep voice? There’s no other quite like it.
Ellie Weld
Twickenham, London
