http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/comment/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:31:34 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 57 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/lb_logo_500x75.png http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/comment/ WINSTON Churchill’s famous words echo more loudly as the years pass. The ‘Few’ to whom he so memorably expressed a nation’s gratitude are becoming markedly fewer, but the resonance of their achievement continues to grow. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/26/48111-leader-proud-to-be-one-of-the-few/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/26/48111-leader-proud-to-be-one-of-the-few/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion THEY keep coming; from Egg, HSBC, Halifax Bank, HM Revenue & Customs, sprinkled among the daily trail of bogus bonanzas from Nigeria. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/26/48110-is-tony-blair-any-better-than-the-email-fortune-seekers-/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/26/48110-is-tony-blair-any-better-than-the-email-fortune-seekers-/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion THE weather’s not been too bad, proper football restarted at the weekend and, if ever I find time, I’ve still a summer holiday to book. So why does everything seems so depressing? http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/12/47991-silly-season-has-become-plain-stupid/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/12/47991-silly-season-has-become-plain-stupid/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:30:00 +0100 Opinion AN ACCUSATION levelled at newspapers - and by no means always fairly - concerns their use of hyperbole. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/30/47706-leader-preschool-has-no-reason-to-be-cheerful/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/30/47706-leader-preschool-has-no-reason-to-be-cheerful/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion CYCLING is a commendable pastime, especially when those in the saddle have chosen pedal-power as an alternative to gas guzzling cars (although the unfortunate person who has to sit next to a sweaty, Lycra-clad work colleague might not agree). http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/22/47629-leader-cycle-of-life-is-a-bit-of-giveandtake/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/22/47629-leader-cycle-of-life-is-a-bit-of-giveandtake/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100 Opinion WITH millions of pounds being sliced off budgets right, left and centre it is astonishing that when it comes to Reading's roads there are still ways to flush our cash down the drain. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/15/47441-leader-only-one-way-for-this-crazy-road-idea/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/15/47441-leader-only-one-way-for-this-crazy-road-idea/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0100 Opinion TALL talk may win hearts and minds but in the cold light of day actions speak louder than words. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/08/47442-leader-shattered-dreams-and-broken-promises/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/08/47442-leader-shattered-dreams-and-broken-promises/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:00:00 +0100 Opinion ORDINARILY I'd be spoiled for choice for material this week and can tell you that Chloe has returned from her Year 6 PGL trip safe, sound and happy and hasn't stopped talking yet about what a brilliant time she had. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/01/47445-keeping-it-in-the-family--final-column/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/01/47445-keeping-it-in-the-family--final-column/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0100 Opinion HOWEVER tough it became for the economy in other parts of the country, we have always seemed capable of riding out the crisis. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/01/47262-leader-looking-for-leadership-in-a-sea-of-cutbacks/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/01/47262-leader-looking-for-leadership-in-a-sea-of-cutbacks/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0100 Opinion LAST year a total of 2,365 British pubs closed with the loss of 24,000 jobs. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/20/46496-leader-cheer-on-our-best-pubs/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/20/46496-leader-cheer-on-our-best-pubs/ Thu, 20 May 2010 08:00:00 +0100 Opinion IT WOULD appear that in the course of the last week the nation has entered a new era of compromise with the historic deal which brings the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats together in coalition at Westminster. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/13/46512-leader-papering-over-the-cracks/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/13/46512-leader-papering-over-the-cracks/ Thu, 13 May 2010 11:00:00 +0100 Opinion FOUR years ago the Institute for Public Policy Research suggested that making voting compulsory would be one of the answers to the nation's political apathy. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/06/46527-leader-the-right-thing-to-do/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/06/46527-leader-the-right-thing-to-do/ Thu, 06 May 2010 08:00:00 +0100 Opinion THE anguish of parents whose children miss out on the school place of their choice has become as regular as daffodils in springtime. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/29/46535-leader-back-to-schools-debate-/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/29/46535-leader-back-to-schools-debate-/ Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0100 Opinion STACK up all the letters we've received about Martin Salter in the past 13 years labelled 'for' and 'against' they would probably come out about even. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/10/45870-leader-salter-of-the-earth/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/10/45870-leader-salter-of-the-earth/ Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 Opinion In response to John Booth's letter about windfarms... http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/08/45866-letter-answer-is-blowing-in-the-windfarms/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/08/45866-letter-answer-is-blowing-in-the-windfarms/ Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 Opinion WITH the general election likely to be called in the next week you will shortly find the politicians and their willing helpers craving your attention a little more than usual. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/01/45727-leader-question-time-for-politicians/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/01/45727-leader-question-time-for-politicians/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100 Opinion CAN I take this opportunity of recommending both Ryeish Green Centre management and Wokingham Borough Council for a gong due to their outstanding incompetence and lack of duty of care and basic health and safety considerations to customers. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/01/45730-letter-leisure-centre-users-in-the-dark/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/01/45730-letter-leisure-centre-users-in-the-dark/ Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100 Opinion ONE can only assume that when it comes to their neighbours, most police officers are blessed with extreme good fortune. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/20/45494-feeble-police-excuses-make-me-feel-very-antisocial/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/20/45494-feeble-police-excuses-make-me-feel-very-antisocial/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion THE closure of the Berkshire Brewery is not just the end of an era, it marks the completion of several chapters of the town's history. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/19/45491-leader-a-final-toast-to-berkshire-brewery-/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/19/45491-leader-a-final-toast-to-berkshire-brewery-/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion SACRIFICE has been called the passion of great souls. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/11/45300-leader-great-souls-even-greater-sacrifices/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/11/45300-leader-great-souls-even-greater-sacrifices/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion THESE days even Sinn Fein and the DUP negotiate from opposite sides of the same table rather than posturing from separate rooms. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/25/45033-leader-peace-talks-needed-at-civic-centre/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/25/45033-leader-peace-talks-needed-at-civic-centre/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion IT GOES without saying that these are uncertain times. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/44914-leader-heres-to-getting-through-the-recession/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/44914-leader-heres-to-getting-through-the-recession/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion READING found itself making the national headlines again this past week. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/44801-leader-speaking-up-for-all-the-languages-in-our-schools/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/44801-leader-speaking-up-for-all-the-languages-in-our-schools/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Opinion BEING a Member of Parliament involves being all things to all men, and women. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44678-leader-handcart-for-mr-salter/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44678-leader-handcart-for-mr-salter/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Opinion THE trials and tribulations of Berkshire's big freeze have been put into perspective over the past nine days by the earthquake which tore asunder the very existence of the people of Haiti. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/21/44314-leader-devastation-has-thawed-our-hearts/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/21/44314-leader-devastation-has-thawed-our-hearts/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion