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10th of December 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYALS MUST BELT UP
All the images I have seen of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, seem to indicate that neither were wearing seatbelts in the back of the Rolls Royce which got caught up in the recent London riots.
If this is indeed the case, it is sad that Prince Charles has learned nothing from the tragic road accident which killed his first wife and of which the sole survivor was the only person involved to wear a seatbelt!
I trust that the Metropolitan Police will take a few moments off from their pursuit of those who damaged the vehicle and demonstrate, by bringing criminal charges if justified by the facts, that our future King and his wife are not above the law .
I am sure that it is what Diana would have wanted.
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, December 10, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
8th of December 2010 - Military Charge
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8th of December 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
MILITARY CHARGE
I was shocked to learn that one of the factors getting in the way of the British Army clearing snow from the streets of Edinburgh is that the local Council would be asked to pay for their deployment.
When the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq have benefited from the services of our military at no charge to themselves, I do not see why UK taxpayers in our hour of need should not benefit similarly.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
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E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
8th of December 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
MILITARY CHARGE
I was shocked to learn that one of the factors getting in the way of the British Army clearing snow from the streets of Edinburgh is that the local Council would be asked to pay for their deployment.
When the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq have benefited from the services of our military at no charge to themselves, I do not see why UK taxpayers in our hour of need should not benefit similarly.
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, December 6, 2010
6th of December 2010 - Snow Real
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6th of December 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
SNOW REAL
The almost complete stoppage of national life occasioned by the current spattering of snow is scarcely believable. When I was a child, our schools were kept open by every janitor, able bodied teacher and even the school dinner ladies being set to the task of digging out the playground with old fashioned shovels. The same "all hands to the deck" attitude applied to airports where the General Manager was to be seen setting an example with his spade alongside ground and cabin staff as well as pilots and navigators as they fought to keep runways clear.
Not only are we now far too reliant on often inadequate and unreliable mechanical means of snow removal, but the EU mandated adoption of the SI system of units has brought a touch of fatalism to how Britons regard low temperatures. O degrees Celsius is now seen as a sign that civilisation as we know it must be temporarily suspended whereas 32 degrees Fahrenheit never had that effect!
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
6th of December 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
SNOW REAL
The almost complete stoppage of national life occasioned by the current spattering of snow is scarcely believable. When I was a child, our schools were kept open by every janitor, able bodied teacher and even the school dinner ladies being set to the task of digging out the playground with old fashioned shovels. The same "all hands to the deck" attitude applied to airports where the General Manager was to be seen setting an example with his spade alongside ground and cabin staff as well as pilots and navigators as they fought to keep runways clear.
Not only are we now far too reliant on often inadequate and unreliable mechanical means of snow removal, but the EU mandated adoption of the SI system of units has brought a touch of fatalism to how Britons regard low temperatures. O degrees Celsius is now seen as a sign that civilisation as we know it must be temporarily suspended whereas 32 degrees Fahrenheit never had that effect!
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, November 19, 2010
19th of November 2010 - Wind Of Change
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19th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
WIND OF CHANGE
It was gratifying to note that South Africa (whose Constitution protects homosexuals) was moved to support the United Nations vote this week to remove sexual orientation from a resolution calling on countries to protect the life of all people and to investigate extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are motivated by prejudice and discrimination.
It would seem that South African politicians have finally realised that appeasing the homosexualist lobby and accepting this perversion has led to many of the current fractures and ills in their society. In addition to removing favourable treatment for homosexuals from their Constitution, perhaps they will now also get round to reversing their 1961 adoption of Decimal Currency which most right thinking people see as the start of the slippery slope to untramelled liberalism.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
WIND OF CHANGE
It was gratifying to note that South Africa (whose Constitution protects homosexuals) was moved to support the United Nations vote this week to remove sexual orientation from a resolution calling on countries to protect the life of all people and to investigate extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are motivated by prejudice and discrimination.
It would seem that South African politicians have finally realised that appeasing the homosexualist lobby and accepting this perversion has led to many of the current fractures and ills in their society. In addition to removing favourable treatment for homosexuals from their Constitution, perhaps they will now also get round to reversing their 1961 adoption of Decimal Currency which most right thinking people see as the start of the slippery slope to untramelled liberalism.
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
16th of November 2010 - Royal Wedding
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16th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYAL WEDDING
I was delighted to hear today of the impending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. As a future King and head of his faith, I am sure that the Prince is aware of his responsibility as an upholder of that faith and that both he and Ms Middleton will be virgins on their wedding night.
This fine, upstanding and chaste young man is such a contrast to his tawdry father whose adulterous antics with Camilla Parker Bowles would, in a more moral age, have rendered him unfit to be King.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
16th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYAL WEDDING
I was delighted to hear today of the impending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. As a future King and head of his faith, I am sure that the Prince is aware of his responsibility as an upholder of that faith and that both he and Ms Middleton will be virgins on their wedding night.
This fine, upstanding and chaste young man is such a contrast to his tawdry father whose adulterous antics with Camilla Parker Bowles would, in a more moral age, have rendered him unfit to be King.
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
9th of November 2010 - He Fought For Freedom
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9th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
HE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM
I am sure that many serving and ex-military personnel will take offence at the action of Celtic Football Club in seeking to ban from their ground those who expressed a negative opinion towards the Poppy Appeal and the UK's armed forces.
My father fought two World Wars in order to allow people to be free to express themselves. Were he still alive, I'm sure that he would take on Celtic FC too!
John Eoin Douglas
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Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
9th of November 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
HE FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM
I am sure that many serving and ex-military personnel will take offence at the action of Celtic Football Club in seeking to ban from their ground those who expressed a negative opinion towards the Poppy Appeal and the UK's armed forces.
My father fought two World Wars in order to allow people to be free to express themselves. Were he still alive, I'm sure that he would take on Celtic FC too!
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
26th of October 2010 - Policing For The New Order
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26th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
POLICING FOR THE NEW ORDER
The ConDem government has taken leave of its senses by intending to significantly cut expenditure on policing.
Do they not realise that a much thicker "thin blue line" will be needed to keep the lid on all the social unrest and crime caused by the high unemployment levels which will be a natural consequence of their other policies? This is something that Mrs Thatcher well understood.
Policing costs can be better contained by instructing forces to eschew expensive and prestigious enquiries into historic crimes which all too often result only in the conviction of those, such as Peter Tobin, who are already rightly incarcerated for life.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
26th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
POLICING FOR THE NEW ORDER
The ConDem government has taken leave of its senses by intending to significantly cut expenditure on policing.
Do they not realise that a much thicker "thin blue line" will be needed to keep the lid on all the social unrest and crime caused by the high unemployment levels which will be a natural consequence of their other policies? This is something that Mrs Thatcher well understood.
Policing costs can be better contained by instructing forces to eschew expensive and prestigious enquiries into historic crimes which all too often result only in the conviction of those, such as Peter Tobin, who are already rightly incarcerated for life.
John Eoin Douglas
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
20th of October 2010 - Don't Waste Food
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20th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T WASTE FOOD
I was most upset to read in the Edinburgh Evening News today about the Red River Hog piglets at Edinburgh Zoo which were culled as they were "surplus to requirements". The Zoo's spokesperson described them as having been "euthanised" which of course means that they could not legally enter the human food chain.
It would have been much better if they had been sent for humane slaughter and then fed to staff and visitors - and especially good for the education of the Zoo's younger visitors who so rarely get to make a tangible connection between animal and bacon sandwich in these days of pre-packaged supermarket fayre.
Your report stated that more pigs were likely to be culled by the Zoo so I hope that I will soon be able to enjoy home reared pork in the Zoo's own Mansion House restaurant (when it re-opens).
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
20th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T WASTE FOOD
I was most upset to read in the Edinburgh Evening News today about the Red River Hog piglets at Edinburgh Zoo which were culled as they were "surplus to requirements". The Zoo's spokesperson described them as having been "euthanised" which of course means that they could not legally enter the human food chain.
It would have been much better if they had been sent for humane slaughter and then fed to staff and visitors - and especially good for the education of the Zoo's younger visitors who so rarely get to make a tangible connection between animal and bacon sandwich in these days of pre-packaged supermarket fayre.
Your report stated that more pigs were likely to be culled by the Zoo so I hope that I will soon be able to enjoy home reared pork in the Zoo's own Mansion House restaurant (when it re-opens).
John Eoin Douglas
Thursday, October 14, 2010
14th of October 2010 - Turnhouse Flight Of Fancy
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14th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TURNHOUSE FLIGHT OF FANCY
If BAA has to sell off Edinburgh Airport as a result of the Competition Commission's ruling, this would be the perfect time for Edinburgh Council to buy it. Municipal ownership and operation of the airport (combined in an holistic manner with that of the trams and buses that serve it) could lead to considerable benefits accruing to Edinburgh's citizens.
At the very least, there would be only one body to complain to about any perceived deficiencies in operation!
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
14th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TURNHOUSE FLIGHT OF FANCY
If BAA has to sell off Edinburgh Airport as a result of the Competition Commission's ruling, this would be the perfect time for Edinburgh Council to buy it. Municipal ownership and operation of the airport (combined in an holistic manner with that of the trams and buses that serve it) could lead to considerable benefits accruing to Edinburgh's citizens.
At the very least, there would be only one body to complain to about any perceived deficiencies in operation!
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, October 8, 2010
8th of October 2010 - Trumped
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8th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TRUMPED
Donald Trump seems to think that he has public support in Scotland because few people turned up at Robert Gordon University to protest against the honorary degree which was bestowed upon him.
In fact, most Scots realise that a "Doctorate" from this jumped up former technical college and pretend university is about what he deserves. Unfortunately, the Good Doctor seems to have neither the common gumption nor the cultural sensitivity to be aware of the subtlety of the insult.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
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E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
8th of October 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TRUMPED
Donald Trump seems to think that he has public support in Scotland because few people turned up at Robert Gordon University to protest against the honorary degree which was bestowed upon him.
In fact, most Scots realise that a "Doctorate" from this jumped up former technical college and pretend university is about what he deserves. Unfortunately, the Good Doctor seems to have neither the common gumption nor the cultural sensitivity to be aware of the subtlety of the insult.
John Eoin Douglas
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
29th of September 2010 - Moral Bar To Leadership
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29th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
MORAL BAR TO LEADERSHIP
Moral standards in New Labour have slipped considerably if they are able to elect as Leader a man who has unrepentedly sired a son out of wedlock with another child on the way.
Ed Miliband claims that he and the mother of his children "have not got round to marrying yet". At a time when even the homosexuals are clamouring to be allowed access to the institution of marriage, the electorate will never accept him as Prime Minister if he treats it in such an offhand way (not to mention inflicting the mark of the bastard on his unfortunate offspring).
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
29th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
MORAL BAR TO LEADERSHIP
Moral standards in New Labour have slipped considerably if they are able to elect as Leader a man who has unrepentedly sired a son out of wedlock with another child on the way.
Ed Miliband claims that he and the mother of his children "have not got round to marrying yet". At a time when even the homosexuals are clamouring to be allowed access to the institution of marriage, the electorate will never accept him as Prime Minister if he treats it in such an offhand way (not to mention inflicting the mark of the bastard on his unfortunate offspring).
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, September 27, 2010
27th of September 2010 - Indian Palaces
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27th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
INDIAN PALACES
Gross insensitivity has been shown by Western sportspeople and managers in their disparaging remarks anent the standard and condition of accommodation at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Do they not realise that this accommodation is of a quality that many Indians will never be able to afford and about which they can only dream?
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
27th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
INDIAN PALACES
Gross insensitivity has been shown by Western sportspeople and managers in their disparaging remarks anent the standard and condition of accommodation at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Do they not realise that this accommodation is of a quality that many Indians will never be able to afford and about which they can only dream?
John Eoin Douglas
Thursday, September 16, 2010
16th of September 2010 - Pope Fails In Child Protection
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16th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
POPE FAILS IN CHILD PROTECTION
It was gratifying to hear the Pope finally making clear his views on paedophile priests. However, I was appalled to see that he was not wearing a seatbelt whilst travelling along Edinburgh's Princes Steet in the Popemobile.
Did he not realise that he was being viewed by thousands of impressionable young people? The Holy Father, above all people, should be aware that child protection requires an holistic approach.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
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E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
16th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
POPE FAILS IN CHILD PROTECTION
It was gratifying to hear the Pope finally making clear his views on paedophile priests. However, I was appalled to see that he was not wearing a seatbelt whilst travelling along Edinburgh's Princes Steet in the Popemobile.
Did he not realise that he was being viewed by thousands of impressionable young people? The Holy Father, above all people, should be aware that child protection requires an holistic approach.
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, September 10, 2010
10th of September 2010 - Book Not For Burning
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10th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
BOOK NOT FOR BURNING
I'm glad to see that the American pastor who intended to burn the Koran has suspended his plans.
Perhaps he would have been wiser to threaten to photocopy a page from the Koran and leave it under the doormat of his church. This would undoubtedly have fulfilled his mission to insult Muslims, but would not have involved the totalitarian connotations (or incendiary risk) of actual bookburning.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
10th of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
BOOK NOT FOR BURNING
I'm glad to see that the American pastor who intended to burn the Koran has suspended his plans.
Perhaps he would have been wiser to threaten to photocopy a page from the Koran and leave it under the doormat of his church. This would undoubtedly have fulfilled his mission to insult Muslims, but would not have involved the totalitarian connotations (or incendiary risk) of actual bookburning.
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, September 3, 2010
3rd of September 2010 - Papal Security
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3rd of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PAPAL SECURITY
Why do police feel the need to spend millions of pounds on security for the Pope's visit?
Any devout Catholic knows that the prayers of the faithful are all that are required to keep the Holy Father safe if that be God's will.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
3rd of September 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PAPAL SECURITY
Why do police feel the need to spend millions of pounds on security for the Pope's visit?
Any devout Catholic knows that the prayers of the faithful are all that are required to keep the Holy Father safe if that be God's will.
John Eoin Douglas
Saturday, August 28, 2010
28th of August 2010 - Time For A Blessing?
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28th of August 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TIME FOR A BLESSING?
The Edinburgh Tram Scheme has been beset with so many problems of late that I have even heard it described as "God forsaken".
Now that it has been decided to move (at not inconsiderable expense) the tram currently on display in Princes Street so that the "Popemobile" might not be obscured, perhaps the Holy Father could be persuaded to pause for a few moments and bless the tram and its rails.
It certainly could do no harm and his blessing could well help to restore peace and harmony to the relationship between the tramway's promoters and contractors thus promoting an early opening of the line.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
28th of August 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TIME FOR A BLESSING?
The Edinburgh Tram Scheme has been beset with so many problems of late that I have even heard it described as "God forsaken".
Now that it has been decided to move (at not inconsiderable expense) the tram currently on display in Princes Street so that the "Popemobile" might not be obscured, perhaps the Holy Father could be persuaded to pause for a few moments and bless the tram and its rails.
It certainly could do no harm and his blessing could well help to restore peace and harmony to the relationship between the tramway's promoters and contractors thus promoting an early opening of the line.
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, August 9, 2010
9th of August 2010 - Prohibition Not Minimum Pricing
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9th of August 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PROHIBITION - NOT MINIMUM PRICING
I have just returned from the Campaign for Real Ale's annual Great British Beer Festival in London to which I was invited in order to see "responsible drinking" being undertaken.
This disgusting experience merely confirmed that making alcohol expensive is not any kind of answer. It cost £10 for admission and another £3 to obtain a glass before a single drop could be sampled. Yet, I could see considerable numbers of people whose consumption had been such that they would not have been legally (and, in several cases, physically) capable of driving a motor vehicle.
Only complete prohibition can save the health and morality of our nation.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
9th of August 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PROHIBITION - NOT MINIMUM PRICING
I have just returned from the Campaign for Real Ale's annual Great British Beer Festival in London to which I was invited in order to see "responsible drinking" being undertaken.
This disgusting experience merely confirmed that making alcohol expensive is not any kind of answer. It cost £10 for admission and another £3 to obtain a glass before a single drop could be sampled. Yet, I could see considerable numbers of people whose consumption had been such that they would not have been legally (and, in several cases, physically) capable of driving a motor vehicle.
Only complete prohibition can save the health and morality of our nation.
John Eoin Douglas
Saturday, July 10, 2010
10th of July 2010 - Press Blame
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10th of July 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PRESS BLAME
Prior to Raoul Moat's death, both broadcast and print media made extensive reference to him as a killer and reported serious allegations against him as fact.
His early demise will have come as a relief to prosecution authorities in Northumbria aghast at the prospect of his escaping justice by successfully claiming the impossibility of a fair trial due to the poisoning of the minds of potential jurors by these irresponsible and unprofessional statements.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
10th of July 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
PRESS BLAME
Prior to Raoul Moat's death, both broadcast and print media made extensive reference to him as a killer and reported serious allegations against him as fact.
His early demise will have come as a relief to prosecution authorities in Northumbria aghast at the prospect of his escaping justice by successfully claiming the impossibility of a fair trial due to the poisoning of the minds of potential jurors by these irresponsible and unprofessional statements.
John Eoin Douglas
Sunday, July 4, 2010
4th of July 2010 - Abusive Relationship?
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4th of July 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP?
The homosexualist lobby will no doubt be rejoicing at reports that openly gay cleric Dr Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, is the favoured candidate for appointment as Bishop of Southwark.
However, I wonder what their view is on the fact that although Dr John entered a Civil Partnership with his long term partner the Rev Grant Holmes in 2006, he claims that their's is a celibate relationship. Surely gay Christians should be railing against this abuse of the Holy Institution of Civil Partnership? Or are they, like the rest of us, merely incredulous?
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
4th of July 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP?
The homosexualist lobby will no doubt be rejoicing at reports that openly gay cleric Dr Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, is the favoured candidate for appointment as Bishop of Southwark.
However, I wonder what their view is on the fact that although Dr John entered a Civil Partnership with his long term partner the Rev Grant Holmes in 2006, he claims that their's is a celibate relationship. Surely gay Christians should be railing against this abuse of the Holy Institution of Civil Partnership? Or are they, like the rest of us, merely incredulous?
John Eoin Douglas
Saturday, June 19, 2010
19th of June 2010 - Anyone But England
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19th of June 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ANYONE BUT ENGLAND
I am appalled that police pressure has been put upon retailers in Scotland to stop selling Anyone But England merchandise on the grounds that it might be considered as racist.
It is certainly not racist to hope, as do I, that England is knocked out of the World Cup at the earliest possible opportunity. This is the only way that our national broadcasters may be persuaded to stop showing this surfeit of sport and return to more interesting and uplifting schedules.
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of June 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ANYONE BUT ENGLAND
I am appalled that police pressure has been put upon retailers in Scotland to stop selling Anyone But England merchandise on the grounds that it might be considered as racist.
It is certainly not racist to hope, as do I, that England is knocked out of the World Cup at the earliest possible opportunity. This is the only way that our national broadcasters may be persuaded to stop showing this surfeit of sport and return to more interesting and uplifting schedules.
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
1st of June 2010 - Royal Insult
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Edinburgh
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1st of June 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYAL INSULT
It is singularly inappropriate for Labour's Ian Davidson to criticise the Queen over her request for a paltry increase in the Civil List and to urge her to axe staff instead.
Was it not the former Labour government which poured billions of pounds of taxpayers money into maintaining the lifestyles of bankers who, compared to Her Majesty, have done little or nothing for our country?
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of June 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
ROYAL INSULT
It is singularly inappropriate for Labour's Ian Davidson to criticise the Queen over her request for a paltry increase in the Civil List and to urge her to axe staff instead.
Was it not the former Labour government which poured billions of pounds of taxpayers money into maintaining the lifestyles of bankers who, compared to Her Majesty, have done little or nothing for our country?
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
25th of May 2010 - Sport Is A Drug
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25th of May 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
SPORT IS A DRUG
If a recreational drug, having been taken by 14,000 people on but one occasion, resulted in 1 death and 15 hospitalisations with over 150 requiring the attention of paramedics, the press and public would quite rightly be seeking for it to be made illegal.
Yet I hear no such clamour anent the Edinburgh Marathon which achieved the same dismal record of pain and injury whilst making our city virtually impassable to the non sportive majority.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
25th of May 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
SPORT IS A DRUG
If a recreational drug, having been taken by 14,000 people on but one occasion, resulted in 1 death and 15 hospitalisations with over 150 requiring the attention of paramedics, the press and public would quite rightly be seeking for it to be made illegal.
Yet I hear no such clamour anent the Edinburgh Marathon which achieved the same dismal record of pain and injury whilst making our city virtually impassable to the non sportive majority.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Saturday, May 1, 2010
1st of May 2010 - Catholic Truth
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1st of May 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
CATHOLIC TRUTH
Campaigners demanding that the Pope apologise for Priests having sex with children are well meaning but misguided.
My childhood experiences of sexual attention from both Clerics and Scout Leaders totally put me off homosexuality and I am thankful for their early aversion therapy saving me from a lifetime of disgusting and immoral practices which I might otherwise have found attractive.
It can be no co-incidence that the burgeoning of homosexuality amongst adults has followed directly on from the introduction of child protection measures. Perhaps the traditional practices of the Catholic Church have much to commend themselves.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of May 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
CATHOLIC TRUTH
Campaigners demanding that the Pope apologise for Priests having sex with children are well meaning but misguided.
My childhood experiences of sexual attention from both Clerics and Scout Leaders totally put me off homosexuality and I am thankful for their early aversion therapy saving me from a lifetime of disgusting and immoral practices which I might otherwise have found attractive.
It can be no co-incidence that the burgeoning of homosexuality amongst adults has followed directly on from the introduction of child protection measures. Perhaps the traditional practices of the Catholic Church have much to commend themselves.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
6th of April 2010 - Don't Offend The Banking Community
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6th of April 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T OFFEND THE BANKING COMMUNITY
UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson really should have thought twice before branding Barclays Bank President Bob Diamond as the "Unacceptable Face of Banking" over his alleged £63m pay award.
The Banking Community have long memories and Lord Mandelson's criticism of a such a well respected banker will do him few favours were he ever again to seek to arrange a mortgage with a UK banking institution.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
6th of April 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T OFFEND THE BANKING COMMUNITY
UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson really should have thought twice before branding Barclays Bank President Bob Diamond as the "Unacceptable Face of Banking" over his alleged £63m pay award.
The Banking Community have long memories and Lord Mandelson's criticism of a such a well respected banker will do him few favours were he ever again to seek to arrange a mortgage with a UK banking institution.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
30th of March 2010 - Gardening Woes
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Edinburgh
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30th of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
GARDENING WOES
As a keen gardener, I am most annoyed that the Government intends to ban the plant food Mephedrone because a handful of people are claimed to have suffered ill health or death after misusing it as a drug of intoxication.
Will I become a criminal if I stock up on it before the ban? Or will my azaleas have to suffer because of a Nanny State attitude towards the lack of self control of a few selfish drug-taking individuals who will stop at nothing to alter their state of consciousness?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
30th of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
GARDENING WOES
As a keen gardener, I am most annoyed that the Government intends to ban the plant food Mephedrone because a handful of people are claimed to have suffered ill health or death after misusing it as a drug of intoxication.
Will I become a criminal if I stock up on it before the ban? Or will my azaleas have to suffer because of a Nanny State attitude towards the lack of self control of a few selfish drug-taking individuals who will stop at nothing to alter their state of consciousness?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Thursday, March 11, 2010
11th of March 2010 - Don't Risk Losing Civil Servants
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11th of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T RISK LOSING CIVIL SERVANTS
The Government was absolutely right to allow the payment of large bonuses to bankers at our state owned banks in order to dissuade them from resigning and taking up better remunerated employment in foreign climes.
Why is the Prime Minister now risking a similar exodus of our senior civil servants by imposing a freeze on their pay at a time when we most need their experience and wise counsel?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
11th of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
DON'T RISK LOSING CIVIL SERVANTS
The Government was absolutely right to allow the payment of large bonuses to bankers at our state owned banks in order to dissuade them from resigning and taking up better remunerated employment in foreign climes.
Why is the Prime Minister now risking a similar exodus of our senior civil servants by imposing a freeze on their pay at a time when we most need their experience and wise counsel?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, March 1, 2010
1st of March 2010 - Trish Shouldn't Trash Prostitution
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1st of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TRISH SHOULDN'T TRASH PROSTITUTION
It is apalling that Labour MSP Trish Godman has tabled a string of amendments to the Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill currently going through the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to engage in, advertise or facilitate paid-for sexual activity.
I can assure her that many decent, intelligent and well educated people of my acquaintance consider that a well paid career as a sex worker is infinitely preferable to the tedium of cleaning lavatories, flipping hamburgers or, worse, exposing oneself to public derision as an expenses-claiming know-it-all politician.
On the other hand, if her proposals do become law, I suppose that many of her parliamentary colleagues will expect to get for nothing that for which they currently pay.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of March 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
TRISH SHOULDN'T TRASH PROSTITUTION
It is apalling that Labour MSP Trish Godman has tabled a string of amendments to the Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill currently going through the Scottish Parliament to make it an offence to engage in, advertise or facilitate paid-for sexual activity.
I can assure her that many decent, intelligent and well educated people of my acquaintance consider that a well paid career as a sex worker is infinitely preferable to the tedium of cleaning lavatories, flipping hamburgers or, worse, exposing oneself to public derision as an expenses-claiming know-it-all politician.
On the other hand, if her proposals do become law, I suppose that many of her parliamentary colleagues will expect to get for nothing that for which they currently pay.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
23rd of February 2010 - Unfair To Atheists
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23rd of February 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
UNFAIR TO ATHEISTS
Once again the government is to give special treatment to organised religions by allowing faith schools in England to tailor their sex education lessons to their own beliefs.
Why should atheist parents who wish their children to be taught that homosexuality is an abominable life choice be forced to send their children to faith schools with the real risk that they have their minds polluted by some of the more undesireable teachings of these faiths?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
23rd of February 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
UNFAIR TO ATHEISTS
Once again the government is to give special treatment to organised religions by allowing faith schools in England to tailor their sex education lessons to their own beliefs.
Why should atheist parents who wish their children to be taught that homosexuality is an abominable life choice be forced to send their children to faith schools with the real risk that they have their minds polluted by some of the more undesireable teachings of these faiths?
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, February 12, 2010
12th of February 2010 - The Real Cost Of Roaming
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12th of February 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
THE REAL COST OF ROAMING
The Ministry of Defence is to be applauded for embarking on the first steps to privatisation of RAF and Navy rescue services.
For far too long, people (most of them city dwellers) have been straying off our extensive network of paved roads in order to experience what they perceive to be the thrills of the countryside. Unfortunately, taxpayers are then expected, through the military budget, to pay for the inevitable rescues when they fall over a cliff, get stuck up a mountain or stub their big toe.
It is high time that these selfish individuals should have to pay for the full cost of their recovery and this privatisation means that day becomes ever closer.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
12th of February 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
THE REAL COST OF ROAMING
The Ministry of Defence is to be applauded for embarking on the first steps to privatisation of RAF and Navy rescue services.
For far too long, people (most of them city dwellers) have been straying off our extensive network of paved roads in order to experience what they perceive to be the thrills of the countryside. Unfortunately, taxpayers are then expected, through the military budget, to pay for the inevitable rescues when they fall over a cliff, get stuck up a mountain or stub their big toe.
It is high time that these selfish individuals should have to pay for the full cost of their recovery and this privatisation means that day becomes ever closer.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Monday, February 1, 2010
1st of February 2010 - Use Our Forces For Good
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1st of February 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
USE OUR FORCES FOR GOOD
The UK is currently squandering unaffordable billions waging war in countries in which we have no business being merely in order to curry favour with the USA. Yet our government seems to be totally unwilling to use the armed forces to further the legitimate interests of its own citizens.
If it is possible for the kidnapped British yacht couple, Paul and Rachel Chandler, to be visited by a doctor and a press photographer, it is surely not beyond the powers of our Special Forces to rescue them from their Somali captors.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband should hang his head in shame at his department's failure to free the Chandlers. He certainly cannot be seen as any sort of credible successor to Gordon Brown until such time as they are at liberty.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
1st of February 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
USE OUR FORCES FOR GOOD
The UK is currently squandering unaffordable billions waging war in countries in which we have no business being merely in order to curry favour with the USA. Yet our government seems to be totally unwilling to use the armed forces to further the legitimate interests of its own citizens.
If it is possible for the kidnapped British yacht couple, Paul and Rachel Chandler, to be visited by a doctor and a press photographer, it is surely not beyond the powers of our Special Forces to rescue them from their Somali captors.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband should hang his head in shame at his department's failure to free the Chandlers. He certainly cannot be seen as any sort of credible successor to Gordon Brown until such time as they are at liberty.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, January 22, 2010
22nd of January 2010 - Whipping Boys
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22nd of January 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
WHIPPING BOYS
I have been disgusted at the vindictive and vengeful public outcry following the sentencing of the two young brothers from Edlington to a minimum of five years for grievous bodily harm against two children of similar age. In our modern liberal and caring society, capital punishment or "feeding them to the paedophiles" is surely not an option.
These young people are victims of the failures of others and need caring support rather than a good whipping.
As Mary Bell (who murdered Martin Brown and Brian Howe) and Robert Thompson and Jon Venables (murderers of Thomas Bulger) have shown, it is possible for "toxic" youngsters to turn out as responsible and valuable members of society, leading a normal and productive life as well as being able to raise their own children in happier circumstances.
We should condemn a little less and care a little more.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
22nd of January 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
WHIPPING BOYS
I have been disgusted at the vindictive and vengeful public outcry following the sentencing of the two young brothers from Edlington to a minimum of five years for grievous bodily harm against two children of similar age. In our modern liberal and caring society, capital punishment or "feeding them to the paedophiles" is surely not an option.
These young people are victims of the failures of others and need caring support rather than a good whipping.
As Mary Bell (who murdered Martin Brown and Brian Howe) and Robert Thompson and Jon Venables (murderers of Thomas Bulger) have shown, it is possible for "toxic" youngsters to turn out as responsible and valuable members of society, leading a normal and productive life as well as being able to raise their own children in happier circumstances.
We should condemn a little less and care a little more.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
19th of January 2010 - Chocolate Covering To Takeover
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19th of January 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
CHOCOLATE COVERING TO TAKEOVER
The proposed takeover of Cadbury by Kraft Foods has much to recommend it to shareholders.
The Quaker traditions of Cadbury have heretofore seen an undue priority given to the welfare of workers instead of to shareholders' interests. Kraft Foods will hopefully bring the enterprise's management into the 21st Century and secure a hardnosed maximisation of profit.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
19th of January 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
CHOCOLATE COVERING TO TAKEOVER
The proposed takeover of Cadbury by Kraft Foods has much to recommend it to shareholders.
The Quaker traditions of Cadbury have heretofore seen an undue priority given to the welfare of workers instead of to shareholders' interests. Kraft Foods will hopefully bring the enterprise's management into the 21st Century and secure a hardnosed maximisation of profit.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Friday, January 8, 2010
8th of January 2010 - Not So Hot Topic
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8th of January 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
NOT SO HOT TOPIC
It has been most gratifying to see the resolute way in which the BBC and other media have used the Celsius temperature scale in covering the current inclement weather to the exclusion of degrees Fahrenheit.
As degrees Celsius are largely incomprehensible to many older people, their inability to understand them and thus heed urgent weather warnings can only lead to the rapid extinction of these dinosaurs and go to alieviating the pensions crisis.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
8th of January 2010
Dear Sir/Madam,
NOT SO HOT TOPIC
It has been most gratifying to see the resolute way in which the BBC and other media have used the Celsius temperature scale in covering the current inclement weather to the exclusion of degrees Fahrenheit.
As degrees Celsius are largely incomprehensible to many older people, their inability to understand them and thus heed urgent weather warnings can only lead to the rapid extinction of these dinosaurs and go to alieviating the pensions crisis.
Sincerely,
John Eoin Douglas
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