Readers' Letters

‘No public concern’ so out-of-hours services will go

21 May 2013 12.35pm.

Sir, – The charade which is NHS Fife’s “consultation” into its plans to close out-of-hours services at Glenrothes Hospital has now plunged into new comedic depths.

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Would be glad to be under British rule again

18 May 2013 11.07am.

Sir, – T Tolland, in his letter of May 16 sneers at Mona Clark’s question about whether we could negotiate a re-entry into the UK should independence go horribly wrong and asks who has said: “Please take us back under British rule?” He is convinced “nobody – ever” has.

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  • Bitterness at their loss of power shows

    18 May 2013 10.57am.

    Sir, – I understand Johann Lamont has to toe the UK line, but she must be embarrassed to say – on the platform with Gordon Brown on Monday – that she cannot see how independence could achieve more social justice in Scotland.

  • Dangers quite clearly there in new oath

    16 May 2013 1.41pm.

    Sir, – Your recent report of the changes made in creating Police Scotland as a single force did not sufficiently make clear the opposition to this by those of us who value separated political power and freedom in general.

  • Obscene salaries for such a poor service

    14 May 2013 4.57pm.

    Sir, – Have the lunatics now really taken over the asylum, figuratively speaking?

  • Neither hearing nor listening

    13 May 2013 6.13pm.

    Sir, – The Courier debate that took place recently about Forth Energy’s proposed biomass plant showed the strength of opinion against the project.

  • Failing to warm to biomass plant proposal

    10 May 2013 4.07pm.

    Sir, – Regarding your article on May 2 about V&A’s relaxed attitude about co-existing on the waterfront with Forth Energy’s proposed biomass plant, your last paragraph contained a startling revelation.

  • Freeing triple killer an ‘enormous’ blunder

    9 May 2013 4.52pm.

    Sir, – I wish to record my disbelief and disgust at the freeing of a multiple murderer, Thomas McCulloch.

  • ‘Whole-body vibrations’? We’ve bin had

    8 May 2013 5.17pm.

    Sir, – I refer to your recent excellent articles regarding the proposed reduction in bin collection services in Fife.

  • Power down the turbines and think again

    7 May 2013 9.09pm.

    Sir, – Your leader article on Saturday – Countryside under pressure – carries entirely false assertions and assumptions about wind turbines reducing the country’s carbon footprint and meeting all of Scotland’s energy needs from “green” sources.

  • Bees – must identify underlying problem

    6 May 2013 3.56pm.

    Sir, – The Courier’s recent coverage on the thorny subject of neonicotinoid insecticides and pollinator losses show that problems of this nature seldom have a single or easily identifiable cause.

  • They’re not on cruises to admire docks

    4 May 2013 12.17pm.

    Sir, – The argument that cruise ships won’t dock at Dundee because of the biomass plant is a complete red herring, made by people who clearly don’t go on cruises.

  • Fate of City Hall a ‘make or break’ for Perth

    3 May 2013 6.07pm.

    Sir, – Perth City Market Trust (PCMT) has produced an excellent and persuasive brochure outlining their plans to reuse Perth City Hall.

  • Another blank canvas for developers?

    2 May 2013 5.51pm.

    Sir, – I saw The Courier’s recent article about Sunny-side Royal Hospital and I was mystified – and disappointed – as to why a historical photograph was chosen to illustrate it.

  • Midwives taught to care for unborn too

    2 May 2013 1.37pm.

    Sir, – Alan Hinnrichs claims in his letter (April 29), that the Glasgow midwives should not be allowed to opt out of abortion provision. He says that the midwives’ beliefs shouldn’t come before patient care. But what about the care of the unborn baby?

  • Everything geared in favour of developers

    30 April 2013 6.18pm.

    Sir, – In response to your recent article, Campaigner’s £173,000 bill leaves group furious, I agree with Penny Uprichard that the trend in Scotland is geared very much in favour of the developers whether they are public or private.

  • They’re responsible enough, or are they?

    29 April 2013 5.06pm.

    Sir, –A 17-year-old in England has just won his case against the Crown to force the police to inform the parents of any 17-year-olds arrested and held at a police station.

  • Make independence vote compulsory?

    28 April 2013 10.16am.

    Sir, – Will Scotland be a member of the EU; will it have its own currency and a banking system with multiple guarantees of £85,000 on money banked therein; will it have a defence system adequate to NATO requirements?

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