"Clobbering the rich"

Boris Johnson's right about one thing; taxes that "clobber the rich" could well deter high earners from continuing to work in the financial sector in this country.

So that's one very good reason why it should happen.

They broke it, they bought it.

Letters to the Times

If you haven't seen this appallingly racist cartoon in the Times, I recommend it for sheer did-they-actually-publish-that value.

Edit: please read the comments before leaving "helpful" corrections. If someone else has already said it, I don't need a "me too". Thank you.

I can't find an address specifically for complaints; comment@thetimes.co.uk gets autorejected. I've sent the following to online.editor@timesonline.co.uk as the apparent next most appropriate thing.

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Free short story from Tor - We haven't got there yet, by Harry Turtledove.

William Shakespeare goes to see a performance of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Rose.