SIR - The hypocrisy of our leaders knows no bounds. Following the brutal murder of 17 people, David Cameron went to Paris to chant the French Revolution slogan of Liberty! Equality! and Fraternity!
On hearing of the death of King Abdullah (pictured), David Cameron and Prince Charles flew to Saudi Arabia, a one-family state where there are no elections, political parties are banned and women are oppressed. Saudi courts routinely pass sentences of death, maiming and torture.
US President Barack Obama, who didn’t go to France to express his sympathy for the dead or their families, found time to fly to Saudi Arabia, a country that sponsors terrorism and violates human rights.
Here, the Tories would like to repeal the human rights act, but at the same time they believe in the divine right of unelected monarchs to carry out any amount of atrocities against their subjects with no questions asked and fly flags at half mast on our public buildings in memory of tyrants.
John Appleyard, Firthcliffe Parade, Liversedge
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