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Money from the royal estates should be given to schools and the NHS

The royal duchy estates should be dissolved and the money refunded to the NHS and state schools.. Catherine Bolton Derbyshire We simply don’t care enough Western leaders have failed to turn the tide of the war in Ukraine – partly due to a lack of unity and strategic planning; partly through self-defeating caution – but also because their respective populaces are insufficiently motivated to demand that more be done.. We live our comfortable lives as usual, roundly condemning the invasion in conversations with family, friends, and colleagues, then go safely to our beds each evening. The first would likely remain engaged with its traditional allies, seeking diplomatic solutions and restraint in the Middle East, supporting Nato and the UN, respecting the rights of small nations to self-determination and work collectively to combat the disastrous effects of climate change. The second would likely embark on isolationist and even vindictive policies, impose high protective trade tariffs, show hostility to its old liberal democratic allies in Nato and the UN, court authoritarian tyrants, even if it sacrifices the freedom of other nations and reject global cooperation in tackling climate change. Paul Dolan Cheshire Trump’s worst enemy At a recent rally, former president Donald Trump said: “And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news.

The Independent

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