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One aside in Isabel Hilton's excellent article ('End of the Golden Decade', 10 July) deserves more attention: animosity between the US and China matters for next year's UN climate conference, [...]

Martin Fletcher ('The polite extremist', 16 February) refers to Jacob Rees-Mogg's association with the Breitbart fringe in the US. Rees-Mogg recently said in an interview that 'we are culturally closer [...]

Come back, Hester Lacey, all is forgiven (Columns, 2 October)! We would love to bury the hatchet. But before you get the cream tea, could we put a few things [...]

William Cash's article on planning reform ('A very English revolution', 12 September) focuses on the revolt of the shires - but the government's proposals do not just threaten the countryside. [...]

From Shaun Spiers Sir: Simon Nixon has got it wrong. Scrapping the Green Belt and covering it in new homes won't solve the nation's housing problems ('No bubble, no slump', [...]

From Shaun Spiers Sir: James O'Shaughnessy claims that Britons 'live in some of the oldest, pokiest, most expensive homes in the world' ('Let them build houses', 16 July). He wants [...]

The European Parliament has enough people scoffing at it without the MEPs joining in. So let's start with the authorised version. The directly elected parliament is just 14 years old. [...]

Letters@newstatesman.co.uk Rocky relationship At the start of July, a 15-yearold girl was arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly breaking the National Security Law - in effect a law against those who are anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I am ethnic Chinese and I realise that when the majority of UK politicians speak against China they speak against the CCP, not China the place or the people. "Control" was lost when Margaret Thatcher pursued UK-based capitalism in the finance industry and ran down manufacturing: Britain relies on China for nuclear power stations and for 5G. [Extracted from the article]

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Death of Municipal England" by Tom Crewe in the December 15, 2016 issue.

The article offers the author's insights on the advancement of fracking technology for shale gas and oil in Great Britain. Topics discussed include the impact of fracking on the environment and rural communities, significance of exploration of shale gas for the improvement of the industry and economy in the country. Also mentioned are the function of the organization Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), effect of shale gas development to the energy policy, and solution to climate change.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article by Stefan Collini in the January 21, 2016 issue that discusses government policies related to higher education.

Presents letters to the editor of the September 27, 2004 issue of the "New Statesman." Response to an article on landownership entitled "Hands off our land!" in the September 20, 2004 issue of the journal; Response to the article "Property scandal," by Jason Cowley in the September 20, 2004 issue; Discussion of environmental policies as talked about in the article "We want greener transport," by Tim Yeo; Discussion of an article regarding state schools entitled "How car dealers can run state schools," by Francis Beckett; Others.

Presents the author's personal experiences as Member of Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament's Agriculture Committee's response to the European Commission's proposal; Debates on wine in the Agriculture Committee; Expenditures on European Parliament building.

Letters to the editor are presented in response to articles from previous issues including "He's not for turning," by Ed Miliband from the September 7, 2012 issue on carbon reduction in Great Britain; an article on the public education programme proposed by the British Labour Party politician Andrew Adonis; and a book review by Jonathan Portes of the book "Britannia Unchained," on welfare dependency.

Several letters are presented from readers responding to articles from prior issues including "A very English revolution" by William Cash from the September 12, 2011 issue, "Perpetual warfare" by John Gray from the September 5, 2011 issue, and "The new gold rush" by Alex Preston from the August 29, 2011 issue.