'The world has lost its great leaders,' says reader: Your Letters, and a 1977 picture of the last Hastings aircraft at RAF Cosford

​Trump ties the West in knots

I see there's been another meeting of the Coalition of the Wishing but Unable. I wonder how it will go - a bit like me talking to the grandkids I expect: 'I remember when we had power and influence and the world listened to us, the world isn't the same anymore'. 

No it's not the same anymore because instead of remaining strongly together we all (particularly the UK) decided we were better than the others. How Trump and his mate Netanyahu, Putin and Xi must be laughing.

So what's behind Trump's latest bit of madness? Perhaps he did it to draw attention away from the Epstein papers or the fact that he couldn't stop a family argument let alone a war has irked him. I'll show them, I'll send in the stormtroopers and kidnap Maduro while he's having his tea. 

One thing for certain is that there are no great leaders anymore who can act as role models. They're all so tied up in themselves they have lost sight of what the world really needs.

Trump badly needs to bully people although I think it's a bit of a cover for the fact that he knows fossil fuels are on their way out and he needs rare earth minerals which are essential for creating green energy. Greenland, Venezuela and Canada have plenty of course. 

So where does Trump go from here, because he can't fully invade any of the aforementioned countries and hold onto his job. That would be too much even for Tiny Tim Starmer to stomach. My guess is that Trump will work with Maduro's newly installed deputy and come to some arrangement with rare earth mineral countries saying I've promised not to invade them.

Now Western Europe learn your lesson and start off by making a special effort to build up your stock of modern weapons and boast about it saying Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the near breakdown of world order has made it necessary.

Roger Watts, Midlands

We should be free to offend

Hospital Ward Manager, Roberta Batchelor, has been banned from the nursing profession. She made a number of Facebook posts highlighting the influx of illegal migrants and the benefits they enjoy once they have landed on our shores. This was deemed racist and she was removed from the Nursing and Midwifery Council roll.

Where I take issue with Ms Batchelor is that she felt it necessary to apologise. What she wrote may well have offended some people but offending someone is not a crime, yet!

Trevor Howard, Midlands

Bridgnorth blow

I love mooching around the Original Factory Shop in Bridgnorth. Its demise would not only spoil my enjoyment but be a huge blow to the town.

Cath Pickett, Penn

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