7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
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
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Friday, December 10, 2010
10th of December 2010 - Royals Must Belt Up
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
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
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
Blog: http://johneoindouglas.blogspot.com/
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
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
8th of December 2010 - Military Charge
7 Spey Terrace
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
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
Edinburgh
EH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
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
7 Spey Terrace
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
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
7 Spey Terrace
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
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
7 Spey Terrace
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
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
7 Spey TerraceEdinburghEH7 4PX
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
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
Telephone: 0131-550 0895
E-mail: JohnEDouglas@gmail.com
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
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