http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:36:47 +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/ THE nearer we get to the end of the phoney war and the commencement of genuine electoral hostilities so the stench of hypocrisy intensifies. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/11/45301-taxpayerfunded-designer-handbags-at-dawn/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/11/45301-taxpayerfunded-designer-handbags-at-dawn/ Thu, 11 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 A little bit of history was made in Parliament this week, when both the Government and Opposition front benches were defeated by a large margin when backbench MPs of all parties determined to wrest control of Commons business from the Whips. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/11/45302-martin-salters-westminster-diary-march-11-2010/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/11/45302-martin-salters-westminster-diary-march-11-2010/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion WHEN will we stop treating the NHS like some spoiled brat who must be indulged to the full to ensure all the toys don't disappear from the pram in some epic tantrum? http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/04/45178-stop-the-barbarism-and-start-the-reform/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/04/45178-stop-the-barbarism-and-start-the-reform/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Opinion I feel that the Labour Party campaigners who called the Wind Farm protestors 'Nimbys' should take a look at their own esteemed leader before making such comments. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/04/45177-letter-not-in-gordons-back-yard/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/04/45177-letter-not-in-gordons-back-yard/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion It was with excitement that I opened this particular jiffy bag, after the storming performance electro trio Chew Lips gave when I saw them at the Oakford earlier this year. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/45112-in-the-mail-this-week-chew-lips/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/45112-in-the-mail-this-week-chew-lips/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Opinion The Burma Star Memorial Stone, in the Forbury Gardens, which is dedicated to those local men who lost their lives in the Burma Campaign during World War Two, is badly in need of restoration. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/28/45114-letter-help-us-make-star-memorial-shine-again/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/28/45114-letter-help-us-make-star-memorial-shine-again/ Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Opinion MAY I suggest that Adam Sowan should have attended the recent Wind Farm Awareness Meeting in Arborfield when Dr Hanning clearly explained the real health problems encountered when siting enormous 130m turbines so close to houses. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/27/45115-letter-silent-protest-over-wind-farm/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/27/45115-letter-silent-protest-over-wind-farm/ Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Opinion I note the letter from Councillor Keith Baker making reference to the cuts in public services in Woodley... http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/26/45117-letter-convenience-of-loo-row/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/26/45117-letter-convenience-of-loo-row/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Opinion George Osborne has hinted at it, now Rob Wilson has confirmed it. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/26/45116-letter-bitter-pill-for-the-tories-to-swallow/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/26/45116-letter-bitter-pill-for-the-tories-to-swallow/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion May I remind readers that the Reading Prostate Cancer Support Group, set up and supported by Royal Berkshire Hospital, meets, normally on the first Friday of each month, in St Andrew's Church Hall, Craven Road, Reading (next to the hospital). http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/25/45118-letter-prostate-cancer-group-is-thriving/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/25/45118-letter-prostate-cancer-group-is-thriving/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Opinion SHAMEFUL. Somebody named Clinton Proud's wiped out 25 years of my life, if not my entire existence. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/25/45034-whos-voting-for-identity-safeguards/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/25/45034-whos-voting-for-identity-safeguards/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000 Opinion On Sunday we heard the 'shock horror' allegations that the Prime Minister occasionally loses his rag with his civil servants. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/25/45035-martin-salters-westminster-diary-february-25-2010/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/25/45035-martin-salters-westminster-diary-february-25-2010/ Thu, 25 Feb 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 I visited Reading this weekend with my two young children and we spent our last day enjoying a shop at The Oracle followed by lunch and a film. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/21/45016-letter-haunted-by-shoppers-attack-on-child/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/21/45016-letter-haunted-by-shoppers-attack-on-child/ Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000 Opinion MONETARY union via the Euro was always half-baked because it was never really a genuine economic union. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/45015-rob-wilsons-westminster-diary-february-18-2010/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/45015-rob-wilsons-westminster-diary-february-18-2010/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000 Opinion THE three years in which erstwhile defence secretary John Reid declared Britain would be happy to leave Afghanistan "without firing one shot" will soon become four. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/44915-sadly-this-war-is-just-not-cricket/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/44915-sadly-this-war-is-just-not-cricket/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:42:30 +0000 Opinion May I suggest that those who are worried about noise from proposed wind turbines should pay a visit to the existing big one at Green Park? http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/44928-letter-silent-witness-to-turbine-noise/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/44928-letter-silent-witness-to-turbine-noise/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000 Opinion TRUE to form Woodley Liberal Democrats bring a whole new meaning to political opportunism when complaining about the new toilets being attached to the library. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/45017-letter-closing-the-lid-on-loo-debate/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/45017-letter-closing-the-lid-on-loo-debate/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Opinion IT seems that Tories Rob Wilson and Alok Sharma will stop at nothing to run Reading and Britain down. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/45018-letter-tories-should-lift-foot-off-the-peddle/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/45018-letter-tories-should-lift-foot-off-the-peddle/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +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 I NOTE the comments of Rob Wilson on Gordon Brown's starkly political attempt to woo voters by dangling the proportional representation referendum carrot under their noses. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/44929-letter-keeping-things-in-proportion/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/44929-letter-keeping-things-in-proportion/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Opinion An open letter about the North Area Access Study http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/44807-letter-road-safety-is-not-a-rocket-science/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/44807-letter-road-safety-is-not-a-rocket-science/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:28:44 +0000 Opinion One writer is keen to trace ex-members of the Atoms. http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/44806-letter-wheely-sincere-appeal-for-atoms/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/44806-letter-wheely-sincere-appeal-for-atoms/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:26:02 +0000 Opinion This week's star letter is from Gloria Torpey of Caversham http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/44802-star-letter-a-wartime-story-of-a-more-simple-life/ http://www.localberkshire.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/12/44802-star-letter-a-wartime-story-of-a-more-simple-life/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:14:42 +0000 Opinion