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Nesrine Malik says 10 out of 14 recent posts on X by Keir Starmer were about immigration and small-boat arrivals (Here's the truth about Britain's immigration hysteria: Starmer and co have whipped it up to get cheap votes, 11 August). Well, that really cut through to the racist mob in Nuneaton on Saturday. They ended their protest by marching through the streets chanting 'Keir Starmer is a wanker'.Andy PettitCoventry
Good Friday is not a 'movable feast' (Letters, 11 August)(Letters, 12 August)(Letters, 11 August). Yes, it is movable day, as the date is set according to the lunar cycle, but it is definitely not a feast day. No communion happens. It's part of the point of the day.Rev Canon John Longuet-HigginsHartpury, Gloucestershire
So Japanese interval walking is the latest exercise trend (Japanese interval walking: the viral exercise trend that could put a spring in your step, 9 August)? In my younger days, we called it 'Scouts' pace' and knew that it was the quickest way to get anywhere.Nigel MeredithDursley, Gloucestershire
Surely Jeremy Corbyn's new party should be called New Old Labour (Letters, 11 August)?David ProtheroHarlington, Bedfordshire
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