(Letter to the South Wales Evening Post) One can only respond to news that David Wilson is considering leaving his home of 63 years with regret. (1) Unfortunately Mr Wilson is not alone in this. I know of one family that has already left St Helen’s Avenue for virtually identical reasons, and two others who [...]
Archive for December, 2011
15 Dec
Poisoning link threatens future of Fracking
Report in today’s Independent - US study casts doubt on controversial shale gas extraction process as Government considers allowing its widespread use here : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/poisoning-link-threatens-future-of-fracking-6276590.html This is relevant to Swansea area because there is a large site in Mawr included in the draft Local Development Plan which has been nominated for “Exploration and potential development [...]
12 Dec
Green Party calls for sustainable economics that puts society, democracy and jobs first.
The Green Party has dismissed current solutions to the Euro-zone crisis as short-sighted, economically unsustainable and tantamount to an attack on European democracy. Current solutions to the sovereign debt crisis all amount to the same thing: the poorest paying the bill. Two solutions are currently being discussed; first, a €2trillion fund to bail out indebted [...]
9 Dec
No contradiction here
(Letter to the South Wales Evening Post) Councillor May really ought to read my letters more carefully before rushing to score political points. (Have Your Say, Friday 9th December) Far from contradicting myself or accusing the council of “doing nothing”, my earlier letter makes specific mention of the work of the Swansea Council Recycling Team [...]
2 Dec
How clean is our city?
(Letter to the South Wales Evening Post) There is something rather too neat and perfect about Paul McGarvie’s letter (‘I loved my first visit to city’, Have Your Say, Friday 2 December), not least his comment that “the city was very clean and tidy”. It’s pleasing that Mr McGarvie so enjoyed his visit to the [...]
