Letters

Fingers crossed with the first battle won, we have nearly won the war. We are all looking forward to Christmas now, and hope the Lincolnshire County Councillors will endorse the decision to opt for the Trojan Wood route in January, which does not involve anyone losing their home. That is all we have ever asked, and the people of Spalding ...

Alan Meekings deserves credit for his consistency. He has opposed Brexit in every way, at every turn, almost as decisively as I have supported it. So, assuming mutual respect, his question to me about the benefits of escaping from the suffocating clutches of the European Union (The Voice 5/12/19) warrants a straightforward answer. For more than 40 years I have ...

May I through the letters column take this opportunity to say “thank you” to all who donated generously to this years Poppy Appeal in Pinchbeck. Thank you to Morrisons Pinchbeck and staff for their help and support over the two weeks leading up to Remembrance Sunday, to the businesses, shops etc for displaying Poppy trays and collecting boxes. Thank you ...

My daughter and I went to the Christmas Fayre on Saturday in Spalding. It was a lovely event put on but we went down to see what was happening in Ayscoughfee and watched as adults and children made mad dashes across Church Gate and the adjacent road across the river. Why is there no pedestrian crossing? There is no break ...

Reading the general election candidates’ statements, it’s clear that we have our very own coalition of chaos in the making! Magic Grandpa’s acolyte promising free unicorns to all simply scares me – just like the sorcerer’s apprentice, everything will go horribly wrong. Even with a Green to help out in Corbyn’s allotment. And, it’s a bit rich of the Lib ...

Many of your readers will be aware that I was the Vote Leave Constituency Coordinator for our area – South Holland and The Deepings – and more recently held the same post with the Brexit Party. I am sure all of you who helped Vote Leave win in 2016, and the Brexit Party win this year, are asking yourself: what ...

The post office was a well-supported amenity in Donington and I can appreciate its closure is going to affect many residents and businesses in Donington. I feel, however, it is a time to stay positive and turn the angle of the conversation into why it’s important to continue to support the businesses that Donington does have to offer. There has ...

I would like to thank everyone for their help and support at the Christmas School Choir Competition. The children and teachers worked hard, it was good to see so many enjoying the entertainment of schools singing Christmas songs. The effort that must have gone into teaching the songs to the children with the actions and dressing them up was outstanding, ...

Karen Kozminski (VMail, 28 Nov 19) says, “Let’s get Brexit done by voting for Sir John Hayes.” I understand why Karen feels this way. Indeed, after 3.5 years of total mismanagement of Brexit negotiations by the Conservative Party, who wouldn’t wish Brexit to end now? But is Brexit really still in the best interests of our country? Back in 2016, ...

I am writing to thank the kind couples who came to my aid in Springfields car park when I was taken ill in October. They kindly assisted me, called an ambulance and waited with me until the ambulance arrived and I was taken to Peterborough Hospital. Thank you for your care and kindness. Also a big thank you for the ...

It’s the eleventh hour for our NHS and only Labour can save it. Labour created the NHS, only Labour can save our NHS, only Labour truly respects the workers who now desperately need reform. What’s the difference between a python eating a hamster and the Tories being in charge of the NHS? Absolutely nothing, according to former Conservative prime minister ...

I know, I know – some of you had probably thought you’d seen the last of me expressing my political opinions here, but I just couldn’t resist the urges. Despite the election fatigue I am – and I’m sure some of you are – facing, it’s important as always to consider who we vote for with a level of seriousness ...

I also attended the Remembrance Service at Ayscoughfee which was carried out with respect and gratitude and in no way political even though wreaths were laid initially by Sir John Hayes, Conservative Party and latterly by Mark Popple, Labour Party, along with several other denominations and anyone else who wished to lay a wreath. The only blight on the service ...

I was staggered to read the disingenuous words of Alan Meekings in your paper recently (21/11). Of course, Mr Meekings is right that Conservative Governments had to make tough decisions to repair our economy following the catastrophic recession triggered by years of financial mismanagement by Gordon Brown’s Labour Party. However, I’m confused why he then concludes his letter by declaring ...

Like every other voter across the UK, I’m hugely frustrated by how Brexit negotiations have gone since the EU referendum in 2016. Obviously, Theresa May and Boris Johnson have both done everything wrong in this respect from the outset. I could say more about this, but won’t, as our country is where it is now, and there’s no going back. ...

For a change I decided to buy the Sunday Times last weekend. Page 5 highlighted its seasonal appeal aimed at bringing “respite to children whose lives are blighted by deprivation”. This was supported by a more in depth article in the Sunday Times Magazine. I confess to being deeply moved by the conditions in which some of these children and ...

In response to the letter entitled “They should be ashamed” may I say that it is the norm for political leaders with over six MPs in Parliament to lay wreaths at the cenotaph. All party leaders do this, it is expected of them. We, as the local Labour Party, have been doing this locally for the past few years. We ...

Surely, when it comes to standing for Parliament on behalf of a defined area, being local matters. Why then, has the Lib Dem candidate been bussed in from hundreds of miles away? It is astonishing that so many people think they can just swagger into an area which they have never previously visited and expect to win election. I’m quite ...

May I, through the columns of your newspaper, extend my warm thanks to all who donated to this year’s Poppy Appeal in and around Holbeach? The two-week period running up to Remembrance Sunday saw remarkable generosity from many people and made a significant contribution to the total raised, which now stands at some £14,000 since the start of October. I ...

Nathan Murphy’s ad hominem attack on Sir John Hayes just goes to show the desperation of the Labour Party in being unable to defend either their clueless leadership or disastrous manifesto! Sir John’s impeccable record as a tirelessly-working constituency MP speaks for itself. During his time as our MP he has taken up over 25,000 individual cases on behalf of ...