Letters: Britain should hang on to its vaccines

Ticket to freedom

Sir: While I sympathise immensely with the spirit of last week’s lead article (‘Friends in need’, 27 March), we cannot justify asking Britons to wait any longer than necessary while their ticket out of lockdown is exported to the EU bloc, whose level of freedom is on average significantly higher than the UK’s. How can we justify exporting vaccines to Finland and Sweden, for example, where there has always been the freedom to meet family and friends in groups, while we are still enforcing draconian measures here?

The best of the church

Sir: I was disappointed that Douglas Murray should base his view of the Church of England on the doings of the bishops, archbishops etc (‘The C of E’s new religion’, 20 March). They no more represent the best of the church than do the legions of computer tappers who blight the otherwise wonderful NHS.

It would have been fairer if he had focused on the countless priests and others across the nation who throughout the past year have visited their churches on a daily basis to offer the services of the church and to bring before the Almighty the cares and concerns of the people to whom they minister. With respect, this is much more what the church is about than any number of bishops.
Barry Compton
Oxted, Surrey

Scottish dystopia

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Brendan O’Neill

The moment in the ‘grooming gangs’ debate that shamed Jess Phillips

Sir: In Rod Liddle’s stirring parody of our dystopian future, (‘Eight reasons to leave the UK’, 27 March), he makes one mistake: ‘Sooner or later the voting age will be lowered to 16…’ In Scotland, 16-year-olds were given the vote six years ago. That, along with higher taxes than the rest of the UK, means we have dystopia now.

Trams rule

Sir: Matthew Parris is surely wrong to say that trams are ‘eye-wateringly expensive’ and ‘slower and more dangerous’ than buses (‘A