No anti-Labour bias in this balanced and fair newspaper

I think one would have to be deeply prejudiced to have that perception; the Star is, in the main, extremely balanced and honest and the journalism is excellent and impartial.

There was a very friendly article on Corbyn, with a quite flattering photo, unusually, and Toby Neal’s excellent piece (12.4.18) was balanced and fair.

I am once again, completely perplexed at the vitriol directed at Peter Rhodes, but even his most under-stated comments can provoke an almost hysterical response.

If journalists are jumping on the “anti-Labour band wagon”, (and I haven’t seen any sign of that) it could just be that Labour, as it stands, does not deserve to be taken seriously.

No-one complained of bias, when the Labour candidate for Telford featured quite prominently no less than three times in the run-up to the election, with three half pages shared with Jeremy Corbyn, and Lucy Allan, who must be one of the best MPs we currently have in Parliament, was scarcely mentioned.

I was raised in a passionate and very active Labour-supporting family, but what do we have now to represent it?

The UK’s very own gang of four in the shape of Corbyn, Abbott, McDonnell and Thornbury. Even Keir Starmer, seems to have forsaken his principles to cosy up with Soubry and Barnier, and Tony Benn, a passionate Eurosceptic, who voted against going into the Common Market, must be turning rather uneasily in his grave at the machinations of his son, Hillary.

Cross-party co-operation is surely always essential for the best governance of a country, but not, as in this case, when it runs counter to the principles of this democracy. Loyalty on the part of the populace to a party or an ideal at all costs, regardless of the ineptitude of the politicians running it, is not only short-sighted; it is also dangerous.

For Rod Shaw to say that the “purpose of the opposition is to bring down the government” illustrates this point perfectly.

The purpose of the opposition is to provide checks and balances and work with the government to create the best of situations; it is definitely not there to create constant instability for the country. Labour currently epitomises disloyal self-serving ambition; its empty promises would do nothing to serve the UK.

For those at the top of the Labour tree, it is all about power and playing political games. Very sad. . . I am glad my parents are no longer here to see it.

Will Knott, Shrewsbury