On Friday, it was the case of Shamima Begum (Shamima Begum loses fight to restore UK citizenship after supreme court ruling, 26 February). Yet the supreme court is unable to protect Begum’s rights against a home secretary who is operating a policy based on pandering to public opinion in return for (hoped-for) votes. It is a matter not of what Begum deserves but of what our national honour, and our constitution, deserve. Jeremy CushingExeter• The supreme court judgment against Shamima Begum’s right to return to the UK to plead her case was delivered under the typically opaque and unexplained justification of “national security reasons”. Judith A DanielsGreat Yarmouth, Norfolk• The editorial outlining the injustices being applied to the case of Shamima Begum used exactly the language needed to highlight her case.

Source: The Guardian February 28, 2021 17:26 UTC