Hinterfragen: asking questions.

  • Oligarchs versus Corporates

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 12th April 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Martin Pengelly’s report on Ron Klain’s revelations (in Chris Whipple’s book) on President Biden’s frailty and the confusion in the run-up to his dropping out of the 2024 campaign (The Guardian, 2. April 2025, link below) with both shock and sorrow.…

  • Coal-mine in Cumbria

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 11th April 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Helena Horton’s article on the rejection of planning permission for a new coal-mine in Cumbria (The Guardian, 4th April 2025, link below) and an important penny dropped for me: I realised that this kind of decision is a prime manifestation of…

  • Defence: The Elephant in the Room

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 23rd. March 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Kate Connolly’s piece on the German parliament passing €500bn of extra debt to “counter Putin’s war of aggression” (The Guardian, 18th March 2025, link below) and must admit that this “about turn” by Friedrich Merz (and the fact that it was…

  • Glacier Melt and Heathrow Shutdown

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 22nd March 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Fiona Harvey’s very sobering report on retreating glaciers (The Guardian, 21st March 2025, link below) and certainly agree that this puts the world at extreme peril. But the thing that struck me is that the Guardian repeatedly publishes excellent reports on…

  • Annalena Baerbock

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 21st March 2025 ### Dear Editor, As the world descends into craziness with Donald Trump quick-firing his executive orders and his opponents (both in the US and in Europe) slamming his every move, it feels like there is not just one bull in the global china-shop but rather a…

  • Welcome to Malaga

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 7th March 2025 ### Dear Editor, With controversy about the war in Ukraine bubbling away and views in the US and Europe diverging, I found myself spending a day in Malaga and noticed that, all around me, I was hearing more Russia than Spanish. Of course it probably wasn’t…

  • Cooking the same Soup

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 25th February 2025 ### Dear Editor, As the dust settles on the German election, I am reflecting on how politically homeless I feel. As it is, there are three things that I wish for: More peace (or at least diplomatic contact), a little less EU and, less Globalisation*. My…

  • Just get used to it

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 13th February 2025 ### Article with contributions by Adam Herriott, Mark Miodownik, Alison Colclough & Melanie Jaeger-Erben Dear Editor, I read Emma Beddington’s report on trying to do without single-use items for a month (The Guardian, 12th February 2025, link below) and greatly sympathise with her. Indeed, bravo to…

  • Easier to lambast

    ### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 31st Jan 2025 ### Dear Editor, I read Jakub Krupa and Katie Connolly’s comments on the migration debate in the Bundestag (The Guardian, 31st January 2025) and, indeed yes, the debate, Friedrich Merz and the AfD are all over the news here in Germany too. It is an ugly…

  • A Taxation Paradigm

    ### Letter to The Guardian, 22nd November 2024 ### Dear Editor, I read Polly Toynbee’s article on the farmer’s protest against inheritance tax (The Guardian, 22nd Nov 2024, link below) and found the “default comparison” between “rich and poor” not sitting well with me … Yes, there certainly are some very rich farmers but surely…

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