21st of February 2011 - Out Of Step

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21st of February 2011

Dear Sir/Madam,

OUT OF STEP

I was surprised to see that the builders are in at the Waverley Steps installing a very expensive escalator.

As it is only uninformed tourists (generally overweight North Americans who could do with the exercise) and and sportive types like joggers who actually climb the steps - all sensible locals knowing to exit the station via Waverley Bridge - surely this not inconsiderable portion of Scotland's transport budget could have better gone towards the Tram scheme which, we are told, will benefit us all?

John Eoin Douglas

13th of February 2011 - Criminals In Control

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Edinburgh
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13th of February 2011

Dear Sir/Madam,

CRIMINALS IN CONTROL

How can the 234 MPs who voted to continue to deny prisoners the vote in breach of a European Court ruling have the effrontery to condemn convicts in our gaols when their vote shows that they too are prepared to flout the laws of the land?

When demonstrators next riot outside Westminster, these legislators will have to keep silent least they rightly be accused of hypocricy. I can only fear for our increasingly lawless society when our very law makers consider that they are above the law.

John Eoin Douglas

31st of January 2011 - Egyptian Unrest

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Edinburgh
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31st of January 2011

Dear Sir/Madam,

EGYPTIAN UNREST

I really do not understand the inconsistency shown by the UK government with regard to the illegal demonstrations and arson which are regretably currently a feature of life in Egypt.

In the UK, we have seen how the Metropolitan Police have cracked down on the criminal elements of student unrest in London. Should not the Egyptian authorities be encouraged to follow their example?

Instead, our Foreign Secretary William Hague's calls for government restraint are tantamount to encouraging Egyptian revolution - something which could ruin the hard earned holidays of many British people!

John Eoin Douglas

27th of January 2011 - School For Scandal

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Edinburgh
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27th of January 2011

Dear Sir/Madam,

SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL

It has been heart rending observing the quiet dignity recently displayed by Gail Sheridan and to note the obvious love and affection she still has for her philandering husband, Tommy.

I have the greatest sympathy for this wronged woman and can only point out that things might have been worse: could she have still stood by her man if he had also been exposed as a frequenter of the twilight world of the homosexual?

John Eoin Douglas

18th of January 2011 - True Grit

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Edinburgh
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18th of January 2011

Dear Sir/Madam,

TRUE GRIT

Now that the snow has melted of its own accord and warmer days are with us, isn't it time for councils to tidy up the mess left following their belated attempts to clear the streets?

Whilst piles of grit on street corners may have been useful when there was snow, these are now cluttering up our pavements as well as providing a target for children to amuse themselves by spreading the stuff further and, in some cases, even throwing it at passing vehicles.

John Eoin Douglas

12th of January 2011- Royal Stamp

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Edinburgh
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12th of January 2011

Dear Sir/Madam,

ROYAL STAMP

It is nice to see that the presence of the Queen's head on British postage stamps has been assured ahead of postal privatisation.

However, with the proliferation of franking machines and other means of prepaying postage, Sir Rowland Hill's "bit of paper just large enough to bear the stamp, and covered at the back with a glutinous wash" may soon be in terminal decline.

Parliament should mandate the imprinting of the royal effigy on these alternative forms of payment in order to ensure that every knock of the postman continues to remind us of our ruler!

John Eoin Douglas

10th of December 2010 - Royals Must Belt Up

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Edinburgh
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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