Corbyn’s Marxism

SIR – The attempt to smear Jeremy Corbyn over his alleged links with the Czech or East German security services is yet another example of the media’s obsession with his Marxist background.

This goes down well with older readers who grew up during the Cold War, but is unlikely to sway younger voters who have very little inkling of that era.

Cambridge

SIR – The more effusive Mr Corbyn becomes as he denies any involvement with the Czech authorities in the Eighties, the more urgent is the need for transparency.

The Czechs have admitted he was a “person of interest”. While this may, in itself, not be a great revelation, one wonders why he was on their files at all. Questions must also be asked as to how he arranged to visit East Germany, along with Diane Abbott, at the height of the Cold War. In view of his current position in British politics, the public has a legitimate right to know the answers. Dr Gerald Edwards

Glasgow

SIR – It is evident that Jeremy Corbyn has had no real influence on affairs of state over the years. He has been an irrelevance locked in an ideological dead end for all his political life.

Demands to see the Cold War files kept on him by the Stasi (report, February 20) will serve no useful purpose. If it is thought important to look into Mr Corbyn’s political record, the Conservatives would do better to list his achievements. Such a list would be brief but very effective.

Kintbury, Berkshire