Letters to the Editor

Letters From Brian Greening, Newport:
I was interested to read Martin Neville’s article in the Weekender on the famous men who had at one time represented Newport as MP and had gone on to become Prime Minister (CP, 20-08-10).

Letters From Ron Wallis, Freshwater:
Re the use of buildings at Lee Farm, Wellow, by Southern Vectis as a bus depot (CP, 13-08-10 and letters, 20-08-10).

Letters From Terri Taverner, Ryde:
A letter last week seemed to suggest that by protecting birds of prey we would condemn our small birds and squirrels to extinction. This is, of course, nonsense.

Letters From Cllr Ian Ward, Sandown:
We fully appreciate the points made by various correspondents in recent weeks on about having greater Parliamentary representation for the Island by having two MPs, with constituency sizes of around 50,000 voters each.

Letters From William Butler, Newport:
In response to Mrs Williams’s letter (CP 06-08-10), I too feel very much let down by our caring council and Barratts (or more precisely sold down the river again) over the Pan Meadows development.

LETTERSFrom Patrick Methold, Cowes:
INSTEAD of the current dialogue about the number of MPs needed by the Island, the Electoral Commission should note the 110,000-odd Island residents are well served by one hard-working MP and adjust the rest of the constituencies in the UK to a similar number of voters instead of the average of 77,000.

LETTERSFrom Ian Pratt, chairman, IW?branch, Solicitors for the Elderly:
BEARING in the mind the large proportion of elderly people on the Island, I think it is particularly important that people take note of the recent Panorama programme in which the presenter highlighted the risks of using a will-writing service.

LETTERSFrom R. Jolliffe, Newport:
I WAS upset to read (CP, 31-07-10) that Cllr Edward Giles said the one-way arrangement in Whitepit Lane had proved effective!

LETTERSFrom Roger Gladdish, Brighstone:
MARC Morgan Huws’s statement that the company needs parking for 16 buses in Wellow in order to reduce its carbon footprint takes the biscuit.

LETTERSFrom J. G. Watson, Newport:
VERY high on the list of worthwhile leisure activities must come gardening. It promotes healthy exercise, mental relaxation, an appreciation of wholesome, fresh organic vegetables and an enduring interest.

LETTERSFrom William Tetlow, Newport:
THIS was the disgusting state outside Wakes carpet showroom.
 Until the highest level of government bring in harder penalties for this disgusting behaviour, nothing will ever change.

LETTERSFrom Delia and Mike Allen, Christchurch, Dorset:
I WONDER if any of your readers could tell us what the Needles Relief 1962-1987 relates to?

LETTERSFrom Anni Nicholson, Sue Jacobs, Sharon Dent, Lorna Wisdom and Ann Dawson (Riboleau House Day Centre), Ryde:
WITH reference to the article (CP, 30-07-10) concerning the closure/sale of mental health day centres.
We are some of the people attending Riboleau House, in Ryde. Most of the clients here suffer from long-term depression, anxiety, breakdowns and other mental health problems.

LETTERSFrom Sam Turner, Sandown:
ALL this talk of having two MPs for the Island puts me in mind of the pro-fixed link campaign ten years ago, when ‘true Islanders’ fought tooth and nail to oppose it.

LETTERSFrom Edward Moore, Ventnor:
I OBVIOUSLY don’t work hard enough at university, as I have the time to check the CP website periodically, and have followed with growing incredulity both from my place of study and now, on summer holiday, from home, the OneWight movement and its spectacularly ill-thought-out campaign to ‘keep the Island undivided’.