Letters

There is a sense of deja vue with our present parliament. Very similar to the dying days of the May administration. We have an overreaching Mr Speaker. We have the opposition parties obsessing about – one topic – this time Partygate. All this venom orchestrated by Mr Starmer who was actually photographed drinking in a ‘gathering’ but not castigated by ...

I read of the dramatic fall in Netflix shares recently. The fall is being attributed to the shenanigans with its major share holder one Elon Musk. I wish to offer another explanation. I suspect it’s more about their contract with Harry and Meghan. Both of whom are trying hard to maintain their ‘royal’ connections being the main commodity they have ...

So good to see excellent local MP Sir John Hayes highlighting World Parkinson’s Day this week, and good to see his support for those suffering from a disease which affects so many people in Lincolnshire and worldwide. Many members of Parliament are more concerned with party political knock-about and personal attacks than they are in campaigning for those in need. ...

When reading the latest issue of The Voice I came across a letter by Nicolas De Jong which I felt was unbalanced about the Prime Minister and deeply unfair. Boris Johnson has led this country’s response to the biggest crisis in Europe since the fall of Berlin in 1945, and has been widely praised for doing so, particularly by leaders ...

It amazes me that we can spend half a million pounds on signs to get us to higher ground, ie the red and white signs that grace our road verges, yet we cannot afford to put a magnificent piece of architecture as our water fountain back in working order in its pride of place, the centre of town, or is ...

I’m a pensioner. Hardly anything the government has announced to deal with the cost of living crisis will benefit me. A minimal increase in pension, despite inflation already at 6.2 per cent. Being retired I don’t pay National Insurance, so no benefit there. But I’m at home all day and my electricity went up yesterday from 20p per kWh to ...

So it would seem that the council will go to any lengths to prevent the return of the fountain to its rightful place, despite what the town wants. The reason given is that the buildings surround it have been torn down and replaced. It should be noted that the buildings were destroyed by Hitler’s bombs and on that devastating night ...

The National Pensioner’s Convention has condemned Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spring budget for doing nothing for pensioners struggling with record inflation. On the day inflation hit 6.2 per cent (ONS) – the highest rate for 30 years – the Chancellor failed to announce any relief for pensioners who will only receive a 3.1 per cent rise in their basic state pension ...

The response to the plight of Ukrainian refugees by this government has been an absolute disgrace.Passed from pillar to post and often country to country in search of the necessary paperwork, forced to fill in a fifty page visa document for ‘security reasons’. What security checks were carried out on the 28,000 who crossed the channel last year with no ...

For the past two weeks the St Thomas Project centre on St Thomas’s Road, Spalding, has been open to receive donations of items to be sent to help the Ukrainian people, whether in their homeland or in those countries which have opened their doors to the many refugees. We managed to fill a transit van and still needed to make ...

I have read in The Voice that SHDC planning department are contesting a non change of use application for a caravan site at Sutton St James.Perhaps the person who owns the land might be interested to know that Holbeach Parish Council opened a dog exercise pen on Park Road without submitting a change of use application, without any follow up ...

Yesterday a heating oil price quote came in at 97p per litre.Today, from the same supplier, the quote is 105p per litre. That’s an eight per cent increase in 24 hours.Here in rural Lincolnshire thousands of domestic customers, but also farmers, schools and care homes depend on heating oil for heating and hot water.Both the local council and central government ...

I read with interest the letter ‘Pinchbeck Fields Not Anymore’ as published recently which made some salient points to which, as a resident of over 40 years living directly opposite the said development site, I could identify with to some degree.The few points I would wish to make are in relation to the issues which occur once a development is ...

I am writing this letter after coming into Spalding on Tuesday, market day, and seeing a third world town!Dirty, untidy and empty shops! A market, what market? Approximately six stalls, some with no covers, others with just odd bits of plastic or plastic sheets around them.Where has the pride gone out of Spalding?With all the empty properties in the town, ...

An open letter from Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust Chairman, Professor Steve Barnett, and Chief Executive Caroline Shaw CBE: The Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s report, published recently, follows an unannounced inspection of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in December 2021 of three core services – Medicine, including elderly care, Urgent and Emergency Care, including the Emergency Department, and ...

I believe that there are times when people find it difficult to face up to what they are doing and they use mealy-mouthed euphemisms to cover the truth.A few years ago I saw a sign as I was on my way to Morrisons.The sign said “Pinchbeck Fields”. It was quite right. It was standing in a field in Pinchbeck.The field ...

A chuckle amongst the gloom.The young woman who submitted the tech support message below (about her relationship to her husband) presumably did it as a joke.Then she got a reply that was way too good to keep to herself.The tech support people’s love advice was hilarious and genius!The query:Dear Tech Support,Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 ...

I read with interest the decision of the planning committee to pass the recent application on High Road, Weston.It was obviously a ‘not in my back yard’ decision made by members unaware what damage flooding either surface water or sewage will cause.I placed my recent objection to this because, instead of recommending types of water control on application, it needs ...

The front page story in the Spalding Voice states that the memorial for the RAF pilot will have to be moved to protect it from potential damage by contractors heavy machinery.When the public consultations were held there was no mention of any construction work whatsoever on the Spalding side of the Vernatts Drain. Later it was announced that Two Plank ...

I read the article ‘Law change call amid new bid to save the old hospital’ with some interest.I am a chartered surveyor, living in the Deeping area, and I have worked in the compulsory purchase field for a considerable number of years.I must stress that I do not know any facts of the case other than those in your article. ...