Should Paras be charged after using Corbyn’s picture for target practice?

WHY is there such a fuss about an image of Jeremy Corbyn being used for target practice? Left-wingers chanted ‘dingdong, the witch is dead’ at the demise of Maggie Thatcher without any repercussions.

JIM THOMPSON, Castle Eaton, Wilts.

MOST people will be appalled that paratroopers used a photo of Jeremy Corbyn for target practice. These men are supposed to be Britain’s crack troops, yet many of their shots obviously missed.

C. GARTH, Ampthill, Beds. I aM astonished that so many people have dismissed this reprehensible incident as mere high jinks. MPs have received death threats because of their political stance on Brexit. a member of a banned neo-Nazi group pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to buying a machete to kill West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper. and how can we ever forget that the Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in the street by a neo-Nazi sympathiser?

M. SPRINGER, Reading, Berks.

THOSE who are outraged that soldiers used a photo of Jeremy Corbyn as a target should consider why they did so. Was it because he is a terrorist sympathiser who was on the side of the IRA during the Troubles when so many soldiers were killed? Our Paras are brave and highly trained. Allow them to let off steam in their own way.

vIvIEN PARKER, Hungerford, Berks. WHY is there a witch-hunt over stressed-out soldiers seeking humour as a solace? When I was in military service in the Sixties, we used cardboard images of Harold Wilson for shooting practice. This was treated as harmless humour, but back then we didn’t have a snowflake culture or people who played the ‘I’m offended’ card.

D. FLEMING, Downham Market, Norfolk.

THE terrorists supported by Jeremy Corbyn didn’t bother with target practice. They just killed innocent people without a second thought.

JOHN EvANS, Wokingham, Berks. MY OPINION of Jeremy Corbyn would increase tenfold if he showed a sense of humour about the target practice prank. If he said it was obviously being done in a light-hearted manner, it would show us that there is a warmth to his somewhat severe persona. Silly behaviour is a release from the pressures of a dangerous tour of duty. We should all be glad to have dedicated men who join the Armed Forces to protect us and our country.

KAtE MANNING, Wittersham, Kent.

TROOPS and darts players in pubs nationwide have taken aim at pictures of politicians for decades. Sacking the soldiers involved in the Jeremy Corbyn incident is political correctness gone mad. It’s time to get a sense of humour and proportion.

DAvE WOOD, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. I’M WILLING to let the Army have a photo of me to use as target practice. RAYMOND GRIFFIN, Doncaster.