Readers' Letters

Cancer charity letter a timely warning

14 June 2013 4.11pm.

Sir, – Jim Smith’s letter about the charity Coping With Cancer North East is timely. We received one of their donation bags and my wife and I noticed that it is allegedly a registered charity in England and Wales, but not in Scotland.

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Nothing on offer warrants changing system

13 June 2013 5.16pm.

Sir, – There are two aspects to the separation/independence debate, one hilarious in its absurdity, positing a deprived Scotland dressed in English sackcloth, the other dangerous in its propensity as it implies Scots are the better politicians.

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  • Christianity has been forced to change

    12 June 2013 4.55pm.

    Sir, – Gus Logan asks who the band of militant secularists are who want to remove religious privilege (Letters, June 8).

  • Theatre should be part of future vision

    11 June 2013 5.32pm.

    Sir, – I was delighted to see your article about the much lamented King’s Theatre, one of Dundee’s unsung gems.

  • Wake up – this is democracy in action

    10 June 2013 3.09pm.

    Sir, – I read Mr Scott’s letter (June 6) regarding his attendance at The Better Together meeting in Cupar with a growing sense of disbelief.

  • How will the arguments be presented?

    10 June 2013 3.05pm.

    Sir, – We feel the latest moves by the pro- and anti-independence movements raise a great many concerns in particular the way they are targeting schools with information packs.

  • Status quo the problem, not independence

    7 June 2013 5.37pm.

    Sir, – I have to take issue with Robert IG Scott’s rather jaundiced synopsis of the current political position in Scotland (Letters, June 5).

  • Bedroom tax — a united front needed

    6 June 2013 4.55pm.

    Sir, – Dundee Labour’s housing spokesperson Councillor Gordon recently remarked that he was “staggered” by the scale of the bedroom tax crisis in Dundee. He is right to be concerned as 3,300 Dundonian households are affected by this policy.

  • Windfarm investment is a 'no brainer'

    5 June 2013 3.29pm.

    Sir, – I read in Saturday’s Courier that Centrica has bought a 50% stake in Braes o’ Doune windfarm for £59 million. I calculate that in subsidy payments alone the 36-turbine factory will earn up to a guaranteed £180,000,000 over 25 years assuming each machine generates £200,000 annually in subsidy payments.

  • Remploy decision just confirms beliefs

    4 June 2013 3.47pm.

    Sir, – The news that the MoD has not awarded a contract to Remploy in Dundee confirms what many have believed about this government from their recent actions.

  • Vile images – time for politicians to act

    3 June 2013 4.24pm.

    Sir, – Surely there must now be zero tolerance of child sex abuse images being displayed on the internet after the murder of five-year-old April Jones by vile paedophile Mark Bridger.

  • Not about opening doors to ‘nanny state’

    1 June 2013 12.21pm.

    Sir, – Reference your points of view piece, Nanny state interference (May 29). As a Liberal Democrat I value deeply an individual’s right to private space. I also believe that the moral and socially just onus is upon us all to protect vulnerable groups from harm.

  • Entitled to live life outside Bible’s tenets

    31 May 2013 5.08pm.

    Sir, – I am puzzled by the letter from Alan Bell (May 29) who seems to think that gay people, in league with the Government, are trying to rewrite his Bible.

  • The wrong building in the wrong place

    30 May 2013 3.36pm.

    Sir, – I appreciate the article by your assistant editor, Chris Ferguson, on “the sad ending” to Tayside House (May 28) was to some extent humanising the likely feelings of an unliked creation in its death throes.

  • NHS Fife – questions need to be asked

    29 May 2013 4.12pm.

    Sir, – Reference the two reports on NHS Fife (May 25), some questions should be asked.

  • Drip, drip removal of Scotland’s regiments

    28 May 2013 3.38pm.

    Sir, – When the call went out that all our Scottish regiments were to be amalgamated, I must say we were not too pleased.

  • Couldn’t survive a third financial disaster

    27 May 2013 1.18pm.

    Sir, – For several generations Dundee FC have suffered from a series of owner/directors whose policies have resulted in the position they now occupy.

  • Nature – we can do something about it

    24 May 2013 4.07pm.

    Sir, – Like others I was dismayed at the State of Nature report findings which show a major decline in Scotland’s wildlife and biodiversity as highlighted by Sir David Attenborough on Wednesday.

  • Possible eviction through no fault of her own

    24 May 2013 3.25pm.

    Sir, – I am writing regarding the bedroom tax.

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