http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/ Worcester News /news/letters/read/ en-gb Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:00:32 +0000 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:00:32 +0000 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/resources/images/528245/?type=rsslogo http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/ http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3941773.Tories____votes_closed_the_post_offices_too/ SIR – I really don’t wish to prolong the subject of post office closures, however in reply to Peter Luff’s letter (Letters, November 24), may I just remind him that it was his Conservative Party along with Labour and the Liberal Democrats who gave a ‘yes’ vote for the break-up of the Royal Mail, resulting in the subsequent closure of our post offices. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:40:00 +0000 433420996f6d2d0b88dbea24c0019be8 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3941778.Thanks_to_paper__I_found_great_singer/ SIR – I read in the Worcester News an article displayed in the What’s On section about a singer appearing at the Mayflower pub on Sunday, November 23. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:40:00 +0000 a2916a064afcad510b40965da459b36f http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3941785.Didn___t_John_do_so_well_at_dancing_/ SIR – John Sergeant wasn’t knocked out of Strictly Come Dancing. He sportingly resigned. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:40:00 +0000 aa53e5720346f0d041bc3770c44ca2bd http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3941766.Road_chaos_could_have_been_avoided/ Sir – P Pegler’s letter of November 13 referring to the dual role of Worcester’s highway chief John Hobbs is timely in raising this issue. However, there is a more fundamental issue relating to the roads of the county and the city of Worcester. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:30:00 +0000 e34f267359a52e3185e27474b58ac3fd http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3941761.Burden_upon_ordinary_councillors_increases/ SIR – Although I differ in political persuasion to county councillors John Buckley and Rob Peachey, I could not agree more when they condemn the erosion of local democracy. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:22:08 +0000 6ade105bcff844c351de3a3d74a8a2ed http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3941787.Island_is_a_disaster/ SIR – Powick island is a disaster! (Worcester News, November 24). No vehicles stop at the box junction so travelling from Lower Wick to Malvern is a risky business. An accident will surely happen soon. Traffic lights are the only solution. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:50:00 +0000 ce87baee985cf13518de15eb70d4e6fb http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938914.Council_supplying_mortgages_is_silly/ SIR – I have read a very silly remark on the letters page by Mick Francis about housing policies and the council supplying mortgages to first-time buyers – why? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:20:00 +0000 931162194e56b6517ded9121dfc5b6f3 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938919.What_about_our_pensioners_here_/ SIR – Even though the UK politicians continuously fail to look after our own vulnerable pensioners, I am astounded that Britain is to spend £825 million over the next three years in aid to India. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:20:00 +0000 8fc27ec8ea9136a472551eb7589ab259 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938927.__40m_each_day_seems_a_bargain/ SIR – I would like to issue a public apology to all the many people I’ve told that the UK’s contribution to the EU is £40 million per day – this is completely wrong. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:20:00 +0000 92b969ee5f426c53aba1188e1f977f93 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938932.What_about_public_relations__Tesco_/ SIR – I see that corporate greed once again threatens our status quo. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:20:00 +0000 9bb0e76a59c743d0d547faba300c4b98 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938906.Time_to_deal_with_world_as_it_really_is/ SIR – Isn’t it time for an moratorium on political and economic twaddle talking while we face facts about the global meltdown going on around us? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:10:00 +0000 990a510c47962f8b6c6e8e6d22126598 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938902.BNP_does_not_remember_fallen/ SIR – Lee Hancock (November 19) must be having a laugh. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0000 2712d5ca6df394248d3a5eca2f1a3355 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938893.Being_an_MP_has_excellent_benefits/ SIR – David Barlow asks that we who are against the EU need to explain why the three main party hierarchies are broadly in favour of the EU and why we should not accept that they know better than us. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:50:00 +0000 883815cbf9e331a927beeb383e9b566e http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938821.It___s_all_secondhand_except_for_the_food/ SIR – In reply to Mr Margrett (November 12), my furniture, clothes, records, books, TV set, LP player and radio are all secondhand. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:40:00 +0000 bf70da9b29ed6e39b8613e6dfefd4d66 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938885.Over_development_and_road_gridlock_could_ruin_the_city/ SIR – The decisions that John Hobbs, county transport supremo makes are crucial for Worcester’s future. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:40:00 +0000 80dc05a36e5e6e850f96e5205710aee6 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938812.Be_thankful_that_we___ve_got_Brown/ SIR – I really don’t think that George Osborne has got a clue of what is happening to the economy. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:30:00 +0000 20740ba085884dea720f881367b4fc84 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938780.Photo_should_not_have_been_on_front/ SIR – Poor Nick Humphries. He is forced to spend three days recovering in hospital after being “mown down by a taxi” (Worcester News, November 17). Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:10:00 +0000 a21c3eb5a9bef0ea7b35f4bf2e7e2e82 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938773.Spending_plans_get_a_mixed_reaction/ SIR – Open Europe, which is an independent thinktank launched an open transparency initiative earlier this year, gave MEPs the opportunity to show the public that their expenses and staff allowances are being spent fairly and transparently. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:00:00 +0000 0a5d6e964e9bdef9bf8020f6f8952fd4 http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938762.Do_we_have_same_trust_in_the_banks_/ SIR – Having little if any confidence in politicians, the debacle over the Post Office card account exposes yet another game of politics. The main player in this instance being Peter Mandelson, whose longstanding wish is for the Post Office to be privatised. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:50:00 +0000 0f5322deb67b5fbaeb3a584f664c1caf http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/letters/read/3938736.Could_someone_explain_where_the_buses_went/ SIR – I know I keep going on about the number 30 bus from Dines Green to the city but I assure you this is not without good reason. To anyone with an ounce of common sense, the fact that First had changed the 33 to the new 30 route, travelling only between Dines Green and Worcester bus station, could work out that this should greatly improve the service over this shorter distance, allowing for congestion and roadworks – of which at the present there are none along its route. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:40:00 +0000 a338c2dd223dfa50bc0d7fb47b55c5f2