http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:17:38 +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/ HOWEVER down in the mouth you're feeling about the temperature or the economy there is one major consolation. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/05/44677-his-left-hand-knows-exactly-what-his-right-is-doing/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/05/44677-his-left-hand-knows-exactly-what-his-right-is-doing/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +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 I was interested to read (Chronicle, January 28) that Wokingham Council, albeit Conservative-controlled, is set to back Reading's TiF bid. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44603-letter-transports-of-delight--get-on-board-west-berks/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44603-letter-transports-of-delight--get-on-board-west-berks/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Opinion Like Stuart McDiarmid (Letters, January 21) I have complained about non-working, or misleading, bus stop indicators and I have received an explanation of sorts. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44681-letter-computer-bus-sign-says-no/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44681-letter-computer-bus-sign-says-no/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion I am sure most readers were pleased to read Simon Gambling's letter suggesting what he would like to see a memorial in remembrance of our armed forces who have lost their lives in the current and recent overseas conflicts. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44680-letter-plant-a-memorial-for-veterans/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44680-letter-plant-a-memorial-for-veterans/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion I RARELY comment on the minor parties at Westminster - and that includes Liberal Democrats, DUP, SNP, Ulster Unionists and assorted independents - because their impact is so limited and their behaviour so erratic. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44679-rob-wilsons-westminster-diary-february-4-2010/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/04/44679-rob-wilsons-westminster-diary-february-4-2010/ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Opinion WHEN will Reading Borough Council get real? Each year, I see the Centre For Cities Report misrepresented and incorrectly applied to the local authority. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/30/44451-letter-report-really-is-the-city-limits/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/30/44451-letter-report-really-is-the-city-limits/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000 Opinion WHY do we accept what either are, or are what look like, an awful lot of bare-faced lies? http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/30/44447-letter-unacceptable-lie-of-the-land/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/30/44447-letter-unacceptable-lie-of-the-land/ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Opinion GOD knows the poor wretched people of Haiti had more than their fair share of misery before the earthquake struck. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/28/44440-first-an-earthquake-now-a-media-tsunami/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/28/44440-first-an-earthquake-now-a-media-tsunami/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion I WAS surprised to read in a letter about the new enriched uranium facility at the Aldermaston AWE a claim that it is in regular dialogue with residents through its Local Liaison Committee. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/28/44446-letter-awe-debate-is-more-like-a-monologue/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/28/44446-letter-awe-debate-is-more-like-a-monologue/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion WHATEVER Alan Law thinks (Chronicle, January 21) the people who have been campaigning to save Pincents Hill chose to call themselves the Save Calcot Campaign and he can tell them they are wrong if he wants to! http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/28/44449-letter-young-families-still-need-homes/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/28/44449-letter-young-families-still-need-homes/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Opinion I AGREE 100% with some of what Tony says (A 4x4 is a man's best friend, Comments on the web, Letters, January 21). http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/28/44448-letter-four-reasons-to-love-my-4x4/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/28/44448-letter-four-reasons-to-love-my-4x4/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0000 Opinion LAST Friday I met Tom Bellamy - former guitarist with the much-missed Cooper Temple Clause - as he rehearsed at the newly relaunched Play studios. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/44421-life-as-a-loser/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/44421-life-as-a-loser/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +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 HAS IT sunk in yet that the duplicity, lies, misrepresentation, hyperbole, waffle and downright tosh are already at flood levels and the election campaign hasn't even officially begun? http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/21/44315-politicians-today-are-the-stuff-of-yes-minister/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/21/44315-politicians-today-are-the-stuff-of-yes-minister/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion Christmas is over. We're well into January. What this actually means, finally, is some decent telly. But forget the return of 24 and Lost, the most unmissable US show of the next few weeks is Leverage. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/19/388374-got-leverage/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/19/388374-got-leverage/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:06:04 +0000 Opinion WALKING through the centre of Reading I was shocked to see how many shops had their doors open - I closed a few as I was passing! http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/15/44157-letter-close-the-door-on-silly-store-etiquette/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/15/44157-letter-close-the-door-on-silly-store-etiquette/ Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion THIS is just to say that some 4x4 owners are helping others with their gas guzzlers. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44156-letter-a-4x4-is-mans-new-best-friend/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44156-letter-a-4x4-is-mans-new-best-friend/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion Members of Parliament celebrated new year in a variety of different ways back at Westminster. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44155-martin-salters-westminster-diary-january-14-2010/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44155-martin-salters-westminster-diary-january-14-2010/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion SOME thoughts, neither romantic nor appreciative, and a few Dos and Don'ts from this past wintry week... http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44154-when-youre-on-skid-row-keep-shovelling/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44154-when-youre-on-skid-row-keep-shovelling/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion THERE has been one topic of conversation this week, apart from the weather itself, and that is the state of our roads and pavements in the wake of the heaviest snowfalls and deepest freeze in recent memory. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44153-leader-a-snowflakes-chance-on-the-highways-from-hell/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44153-leader-a-snowflakes-chance-on-the-highways-from-hell/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion YOUNG wordsmiths have been inspired by the snowfall to pick up their pens and get writing. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44158-snow-poems/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44158-snow-poems/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion READING is on the rise again - that's the view of promoter, DJ and all round Reading-music-scene-hero Pete Wheeler in his exclusive column for The Guide this week http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/12/44120-breathtaking-scene/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/12/44120-breathtaking-scene/ Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:00:00 +0000 Opinion RECESSION, international terrorism, the start of the General Election campaign, and just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, the icy grip of winter returned once more. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/44050-leader-flaking-out-in-the-face-of-mother-nature/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/44050-leader-flaking-out-in-the-face-of-mother-nature/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000 Opinion SINCE Christmas Day the sound of stable doors slamming shut has been almost deafening. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/44051-the-thin-veil-of-the-war-on-terror-is-shattered/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/44051-the-thin-veil-of-the-war-on-terror-is-shattered/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Opinion