Letters

On November 3 I was in Spalding and was walking between the seating area when a rat ran across in front of me. Pigeons are not nice but rats are a different ball game. If there is one rat you can be sure there are more. I think cameras are a good idea to see who is feeding the pigeons ...

“Africa is a mess”, once wrote the first of the three charlatans most recently inflicted on this country as Prime Minister. “But it is not a blot upon our conscience. The problem is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge anymore.” Au contraire, Mr Johnson. Is it possible to think of any country, ...

Can anyone please explain how the Morrisons petrol station can raise their petrol prices a penny every day in one week? They are currently running an advert which says if you spend £40 on groceries you can save 5p on a litre of fuel. Considering it was priced at £1.65.9 per litre and it is now £1.72.9, how on earth ...

Since when does one property with an unruly dog affect all 29 properties in the entire street? I received a letter from Royal Mail on October 29 to say that until further notice no mail will be delivered to my address, or the entire street, due to a dog that chased and menaced a postperson recently. Surely if the problem ...

Last week I had the opportunity to complete work experience in the office of Sir John Hayes; our excellent local MP. During the time I was with him I came to appreciate how much Sir John does in Parliament and how widely respected he is by MPs from other areas. In the days I was there not only did he ...

When is something going to be done about the amount of fly tipping happening in Holbeach, especially around the St John’s Street area? Every week, if not every other day, there is a sofa, mattresses, high chairs, bags of rubbish that aren’t suitable for refuse collection or recycling. We seem to live in a time where people just want rubbish ...

I noticed that one of this week’s letters to the editor just wasn’t fair to local MP John Hayes. When Mr Barfoot says that he hasn’t seen Sir John write about local topics, he evidently doesn’t take the trouble to read very much, given that Sir John regularly writes in local papers about a huge range of issues. Mr Barfoot ...

According to Coun Grocock the pigeon problem in Spalding has ‘diminished’ or words to that effect. Last week outside a popular eating establishment I found diners sharing their outside seating arrangements with guess who? I have a question for Councillor Grocock – how much more ratepayers’ money are you going to waste on stupid projects such as pigeon control by ...

I organised a Craft Fayre on Saturday, October 22 in aid of Sue Ryder. An awful lot of work and preparation went into the event and we raised £472. However the day was spoilt by a money tin being stolen from the Sue Ryder craft stall during the morning. I hope that whoever stole the money had great enjoyment spending ...

Over the last few months, I’ve read Sir John Hayes column in the local papers ranging from his son passing his exams (congratulations) to putting Mr Putin in his place. This week water problems! What I have not read about is Sir John’s thoughts on his elected district, South Holland, which is one of the poorest in the UK – ...

My late father was a Conservative voter. He took up this position principally from loving money and loathing trade unions and Labour politicians, believing Conservative leadership of the country would most enable families to earn and save money and protect its value. I think my father’s priorities were warped and he had many faults, principally the way he treated my ...

In addition to Rick Stringer’s justifiably excoriating opinion of the Conservative government in last week’s The Voice, might I point out that South Holland District Council is frequently in the local news, but all too frequently in a negative way. Public toilets, general shabbiness of towns in its jurisdiction, shop closures, market trader issues, and so on. For years I ...

The Tory party is once again treating the British public to the arrogance and contempt that has become its trademark. Having tired of Liz Truss, with her sparkling personality and financial genius, they are now attempting to foist one of a group of second rate entities onto the public. Keep in mind that all of these people have been, in ...

I try to avoid Westminster politics these days and support no national party but this is a unique time in the history of government in the UK. What happens next will deeply affect us all and rural areas like ours are particularly vulnerable. During the last months, since well before the departure of Boris, we have not had a functioning ...

The National Pensioner’s Convention is urging Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to keep the triple lock rise on state pensions to save millions from falling into poverty. The UK’s largest campaign group, run for and by older people, was alarmed to hear the new Chancellor refuse to commit to bringing back the triple lock next spring. During questions by MPs on the ...

Further to your most recent article regarding the siting of Johnson Drinking Fountain (The Voice, October 13) and the debate regarding its relocation, here is a photo showing when it was in situ in Hall Place circa pre World War 2 which your readers may find of interest. The photo also gives an insight into the past appearance of Spalding’s ...

What were my fellow semi-senile coffin dodging pensioners thinking of when they voted Ms Truss to be leader of their party? Her numerous flaws have been obvious for a number of years. Perhaps the reason no one mentioned her time as Lord Chancellor, for example in her election campaign? Dominic Cummings described her as an ‘hand grenade,’ hardly an understatement! ...

Following on from your article in today’s (October 13) edition, relating to SHDC not dealing with the £150 government rebate payments. I have to state that the experiences reported were diametrically opposed to that of mine, and on this occasion, I feel the council should be congratulated and praised for the efficient and expeditious manner with which my case was ...

On Tuesday afternoon (October 11), after shopping in Morrison’s, Pinchbeck, I took my trolley back to the trolley station but forgot to remove my handbag. I didn’t realise this until about 20 minutes later, after checking the car and removing the shopping it was not found. I then headed back to Morrison’s and on checking with their security found it ...

I have seen some reports lately in the local news about the poor state of the roads around here. Not only are the roads being left to fall to pieces, what little cycle infrastructure we have is going the same way too. The picture is of a large crack in the cycle path that runs alongside the Welland, in the ...