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Jenni Daiches says the party now feels alien, Yvonne Bearne ponders surcharge earnings and Anne Webb says British emigrants will brush up on their language skills An “island of strangers” (Report, 19 May)? “If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world,” wrote Francis Bacon. Of course, there are those who consider citizens of the world to be citizens of nowhere, but shared humanity and threats to our planet that affect everyone suggest otherwise.I am the granddaughter of immigrants and would not exist if they had not found refuge in this country. The words of our prime minister sent a chill through my veins. It seems that it is the Labour party, which I have supported all my life (though sometimes reluctantly), that has become alien.Jenni DaichesSouth Queensferry, Edinburgh Continue reading...

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