Letters

Letter: Badger supporters can’t face inconvenient truth on wildlife

I am so tired of seeing Brian May and his fellow badger fans being lauded as ‘champions of wildlife’ when in fact anyone who understands and cares about British wildlife can see what a devastating effect the huge increase in badger numbers has had on many other species.

Letter: County Show is on wrong day

I want to convey my disappointment that again the County Show is being held on just a Saturday. This after, what I’ve heard, is the worry about the number of people attending last year when it moved to a Saturday only.

Letter: Ukip’s success opens up broader picture

Leader of UKIP Nigel Farage, on the local campaign trail

Ukip’s success in local elections is having a wonderful effect in highlighting the uncomfortable truth that our mainstream parties have quietly surrendered our sovereignty to the detriment of many of their own voters.

Letter: The public wants out of the EU

David Cameron

Well, it looks like the circus has come to town. The fact that David Cameron and his upper-crust cronies have labelled Ukip candidates ‘clowns and fruitcakes’ has come back to haunt them in a big big way.

Letter: Concern at Shrewsbury Lord Hill Column

The Lord Hill statue in Shrewsbury has a structural inspection after it was hit by strong winds

In St George’s Day week, it seems fit to comment on the statue of Lord Hill who served England and Britain so well during the Napoleonic Wars, including the Peninsula Campaign and the Battle of Waterloo.

Letter: We needed courage of grocer’s daughter

Margaret Thatcher funeral

I had and always will have great admiration for the grocer’s daughter from Grantham who, as our Prime Minister, took on the huge task of changing the face of our nation which had become so depressed, together with strikes in many aspects, during the 70s.