Twitter shamed over sick threat to JK Rowling

It was shocking to hear that

J.K. Rowling, pictured, had received a sickening death threat from a religious extremist who praised Sir Salman Rushdie’s attacker. I can’t believe that Miss Rowling had to publicly ask for Twitter’s support in removing Meer Asif Aziz’s tweet. They should bow their heads in shame.

Tony Bennett, Bedford

The more I hear about Miss Rowling, the more I like her. She is brave, talented and intelligent. She is not scared to express her views and do what is right.

L. Hamilton, Hereford

It seems bizarre to me that you can be arrested or cancelled for an opinion but if you threaten someone with physical violence, nothing happens. I stand with J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and anyone else who dares to have an opinion.

Brian Nelson, Winchester

I remember when J.K. Rowling was getting death threats from Christians who were opposed to her Harry Potter series of books. When will this woman ever get a break?

Martin Ryan, Carlisle

Why do we call platforms such as Twitter ‘social’ media when they sit back and allow severely anti-social behaviour? These sites should automatically have to provide the authorities with tracking data in these situations.

E. Chrissy, York

Although it’s very necessary that we have hosepipe bans while this heatwave and lack of rain continue, I think it is rather silly for water companies to announce a date at least seven to ten days in advance. This can’t be helping to conserve our very limited water supply.

Peter Pinker, Bridport, Dorset

I heard last week about the ‘Great Boris Canal’, the plan to transfer water from the wetter North to the drier South of the country.

Every summer, we take a road trip to Scotland and the farther we go, we remark that around every bend in the road, there is a body of water.

Isn’t it time that the water companies put their customers before their foreign investors and got this done?

Lorna Gillibrand, Middleton, Manchester

I have just found out that some water companies, in the past 25 years, have sold some of their reservoirs.

Why would they sell reservoirs when the population is increasing? I can only assume that it is for financial gain for the company. This is the folly of Margaret Thatcher privatising all of our utilities.

M. Emsell, Sheffield