Jeremy Corbyn’s strange tendency to side with enemies of Britain

SIR – Jeremy Corbyn opines that Russian gangsters might have been responsible for the use of a nerve agent in Salisbury.

I wonder where he draws the line between the Russian authorities and gangsters. How would he define the “little green men” in Ukraine?

It may seem contradictory that Mr Corbyn and Momentum should be so supportive of modern Russia which, far from being the sort of communist state that they espouse, is a capitalist dictatorship. The clue lies in their past associations with terrorists and rogue states of various stripes, all inimical to our values.

Their elastic principles are focused on undermining and overturning the democratic way of life to which we are accustomed, in order to replace it with their own warped and outdated idea of a totalitarian utopia. Sadly there is no plausible explanation for their behaviour, other than that they look upon us as the enemy. Voters beware! M R Jackson

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire SIR – The overwhelming evidence for Russia’s involvement in the nerve agent attack here in Salisbury is enough to convince our allies Germany, France and the United States, but not, it seems, the leader of the Opposition.

Jeremy Corbyn’s shameful display of politicising a national threat shows deplorable judgment and absence of statesmanship. He should resign immediately. Julia Sharpe

Salisbury, Wiltshire

SIR – I really do believe that the country should listen to Jeremy Corbyn’s utterances on the subject of the alleged poison attack in Salisbury.

After all, he may well have access to the inside track on the subject. Nick Armstrong

Basingstoke, Hampshire

SIR – As diplomatic tensions grow between Britain and its Western allies and Russia, Alex Salmond insists that no one tells him what to say on his Russia Today show. Yet does he think that if he expressed the same highly critical views of Moscow regarding the chemical attacks in Salisbury as shared by Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon, his Russia Today show would continue to be aired? Martin Redfern

Edinburgh

SIR – If Theresa May had approached Brexit negotiations with the same clarity of mind shown this week over the deepening Russia crisis her opinion poll rating rise would have reflected this a lot earlier.

Why should she fear the Russian Federation, which has deployed chemical weapons against us, less than the federalist EU, which doesn’t have such capabilities? C M Penney

Taunton, Somerset SIR – Trident certainly helps me sleep. David Parker High Halden, Kent