Regarding the Church of England being advised to boost its fund to address the legacy of slavery to £1bn (Report, 4 March), as far back as the 1960s, Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of an independent Kenya, noted: “When the missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the missionaries had the Bible. They taught how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible.” What took the C of E so long to recognise its place in British imperial theft, slavery and slaughter?
Denis Jackson
Glasgow
• Following the sacking of the inspector of borders and immigration, David Neal, for drawing attention to the lack of immigration control over private jets, should we adopt a new slogan – “Stop the small planes” (Report, 27 February)?
Douglas Currie
Edinburgh
• Please could you stop talking about tax “giveaways” in your budget reports (1 March). The government is not giving anything away. It is removing many of our services and lowering the quality of others.
Rob Watling
Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire
• Perhaps the best way to talk about cancer with people who have it is to use the terminology they choose to use themselves (Letters, 29 February). After all, it is they who are experiencing the illness.
Melanie Hewitt
London
• I was glad to see Roger Daltrey in the birthdays list aged 80 (1 March). So he didn’t die before he got old then.
Carol Wright
Camberley, Surrey
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