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DARK SECRETS: Royally optimistic after the king s speech - The Real Truth

Sir Keir Starmer King Charles III Royal Mail
Keir Starmer speaking in parliament on 17 July 2024
Keir Starmer at the House of Commons following the king’s speech on 17 July. ‘The adults are back in the room, and it feels good,’ says Sebastian Monblat. Photograph: UK Parliament/AFP/Getty

I echo Pippa Crerar’s assessment of the king’s speech (Starmer counts on promises he can fulfil to rebuild voters’ trust, 17 July). I imagine I’m not alone for someone my age (I’m in my 20s) in finding this speech to be the only one of this kind I have ever agreed with, or felt remotely optimistic and secure about. The adults are back in the room, and it feels good.
Sebastian Monblat
New Cross, London

• While I enjoyed the suggestions about books to read if you enjoyed specific TV shows (If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead, 17 July), suggesting that viewers who liked Derry Girls read Louise Kennedy’s Trespasses is like suggesting someone who enjoyed Dad’s Army has a go at reading All Quiet on the Western Front. Trespasses is a fantastic book, but it is certainly not trying to be a bit of craic.
Teresa McCormack (a Derry girl)
Belfast

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