24th of May 2013 - Human Detritus

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24th of May 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

HUMAN DETRITUS

http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/crime-court/police_swoop_on_the_homeless_taking_sleeping_bags_and_food_parcels_in_co_ordinated_raids_in_redbridge_1_2206446

I found the critical tone of your report at police action to discourage indigent persons from untidily manifesting their willful homelessness in Redbridge somewhat unfortunate.

This is exactly the sort of police operation that should be encouraged (and the law changed if it conflicts with "Human Rights" legislation).

As any tabloid reader knows, homeless people have but to ask their local authority for accommodation. But then, they'd only moan about the "Bedroom Tax" when given a two bedroom flat!

John Eoin Douglas

30th of April 2013 - Rubbish Suggestion

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30th of April 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

RUBBISH SUGGESTION

I am sorry to learn that Edinburgh's Old Town has now to suffer from the monstrous sight of black communal wheelie bins.

Why can our council not return to a traditional solution? A nightly shout of "gardyloo" would surely appeal to our tourist industry, whilst the clearing up in the morning of the resultant fenestral effusion of refuse would be a sensible source of gainful employment for our increasing army of indigent persons who, in these days of austerity and reduced social security, seem to be reduced to similarly littering the streets with their begging bowls.

John Eoin Douglas

30th of April 2013 - Doing Bird

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30th of April 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

DOING BIRD

I am appalled at the sexist basis of Justice Secretary Chris Grayling's cynical populism in decreeing that only male prisoners in England and Wales must work harder for privileges. In these days of equality legislation, why does his move not also apply to female prisoners?

John Eoin Douglas

4th of April 2013 - Consider All The Victims

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4th of April 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

CONSIDER ALL THE VICTIMS

It really sorrows me to see the bile being cast upon Mairead Philpott after her conviction along with husband Mick and and friend Paul Mosley over the death of her six children.

Whilst the two men seem somewhat vile individuals who could well benefit from a few years in gaol, it is clear from the manslaughter charges brought that they never intended to injure anybody but merely suffered from extreme stupidity.

Rather than being locked up at vast public expense, surely hearing the screams of her dying children should be enough punishment for Mrs Philpott who seems to have been just as much a victim of her husband's controlling ways as the unfortunate children themselves.

John Eoin Douglas

11th of March 2013 - Driving Forward

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11th of March 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

DRIVING FORWARD

I am glad to see Chris Huhne's former wife Vicky Pryce reaping the dividend of her perfidious treachery in the shape of an eight month gaol sentence.

Closer to home, whereas I am prepared to admit that I have a clean driving licence whilst my wife regrettably has three points on hers, neither of us will be making any comment to anybody!

John Eoin Douglas

5th of February 2013 - Flagging College

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5th of February 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

FLAGGING COLLEGE

I am sorry to see that standards at the newly formed Edinburgh College are already on the decline.

At their campus in Milton Road, the Union Flag is currently being flown inverted - a signal of distress.

And this at a former Naval College!

John Eoin Douglas

28th of January 2013 - On Your Bike

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28th of January 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

ON YOUR BIKE

As Spokes, the apologists for pedal cyclists, are seeking to ban all traffic from Princes Street apart from trams and their accursed velocipedes, I'm surprised that they aren't also asking City of Edinburgh Council to ban trams in view of that curious fatal mutual attraction between bicycle wheel and tram track which seems to lead to nothing but spills, thrills and insurance claims.

Bearing in mind how often I see narrow misses between irresponsible pedestrians and the furiously riding generally unilluminated pedalists represented by Spokes, perhaps pedestrians should be banned as well.

After all, if it saves one cyclist...

John Eoin Douglas