11th of March 2015 - Saving Our Nation

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11th of March 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,

SAVING OUR NATION

If, as seems increasingly likely, neither the Conservatives nor Labour are able to obtain a parliamentary majority after the General Election, what better way for Alec Salmond to serve our United Kingdom in its hour of need than by accepting the post of Prime Minister?

He is the only politician of sufficient stature and wisdom to undertake the task and I feel sure that the Queen would be delighted to invite him to form a national government of real unity which would meld our nations together in the spirit of the settled will of the Scottish people as demonstrated through the referendum!

John Eoin Douglas

25th of February 2015 - Taking Steps

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Edinburgh
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25th of February 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,

TAKING STEPS

 

Whilst there is nothing intrinsically offensive about the neo-fascist facade of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and its adjoining steps, it is the littering thereof with grubby and inebriated refugees from Paddy's Market and other remnants of long gone and unlamented manifestations of working class culture and politics that have detracted from efforts to re-invent the city.

 

The removal of the steps is long overdue and the City Council is to be congratulated on this brave move to help create a bright and modern city for the New Millenium.

John Eoin Douglas

20th of February 2015 - Police Veracity Essential To Justice

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20th of February 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

POLICE VERACITY ESSENTIAL TO JUSTICE

 

The gay abandon towards truth and accuracy exhibited by Police Scotland Chief Constable Sir Stephen House when dealing with MSPs on Holyrood's justice sub-committee on policing does not augur well for his force's conviction rate.

 

If his attitude is shared by his subordinates, jurors in any criminal trial where the veracity of his officers' evidence is at issue would be well advised to give the accused the benefit of the doubt and return a not guilty verdict.

John Eoin Douglas

11th of December 2014 - Mothers' Milk

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Edinburgh
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11th of December 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

MOTHERS' MILK

I can think of nothing more pleasant than seeing a young woman's breast being used for the purpose for which it was evolved - although, at my advanced years, I no longer find it as erotic as I once did. Those men who object to public breastfeeding must have had poor relationships with their mothers, be homosexualist, or, (most probably) suffer from both.

John Eoin Douglas

19th of November 2014 - Hill View

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Edinburgh
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19th of November 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

HILL VIEW

The Scottish Parliament is to be congratulated on passing anti-alcohol legislation to reduce the blood/alcohol limit for motorists thereby significantly reducing deaths and injuries on our roads. This has been done in the face of considerable opposition from the alcohol trade.

 

It is now time for them to address the annual carnage of hillwalkers and mountaineers in the hills of Scotland. Whilst a blanket ban on such activities might inconvenience a few people and businesses, gallivanting around the more elevated portions of our countryside is no more necessary than drinking and driving and its abolition would save many more lives.

John Eoin Douglas

26th of October 2014 - Setting An Example

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26th of October 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

SETTING AN EXAMPLE

I am astounded that our usually sensible Transport leader Councillor Lesley Hinds thinks that removing cobbles and setts will improve Edinburgh for cyclists (Edinburgh Evening News 25th October).

Amsterdam, a city renowned as a pedalists' paradise, surely demonstrates that it is many more setts and at least a dozen more tram lines that are needed if Edinburgh is ever to become a true cyclists' Nirvanah!

I wonder if Ms Hinds would support a compulsory cycle registration scheme in order to pay for this and help to weed out dangerous cyclists?

John Eoin Douglas

14th of October 2014 - Measured Stance

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14th of October 2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

MEASURED STANCE

I could be persuaded to tolerate UKIP's nuttier policies like withdrawing from the EU and might even turn a blind eye to Nigel Farage's conspicuous consumption of real ale and cigarettes which gives regretable support to the evil alcohol and tobacco industries, if UKIP made it a pre-condition of any coalition that we dump metric measurement in favour of the traditional Imperial system and return £SD to our pockets and tills.

Adopting these policies would greatly increase UKIP's support amongst pensioners like myself.

John Eoin Douglas