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MPs should do better – Letter to Watford Observer 24th March 2023

You have published my letters in this newspaper on several occasions and often they have been concerned with how many of us in Watford and Hemel Hempstead are struggling to make ends meet. This is hardly surprising given that food inflation is currently 17 per cent; big increases in energy…

A fuss about not much – Letter to Watford Observer 17th March 2023

For the last ten days the press has had a field day with the BBC-Gary Lineker story. I think it’s more a “handbags at dawn” disagreement myself and not particularly important in the greater scheme of things. If only the press devoted as much attention and as many headlines to…

What are MPs’ Views – Letter to Watford Observer 3rd March 2023

Some good news for once because this week the Government announced that it spent £24 the billion less than it budgeted for. Brilliant I thought, the money can be used to freeze the £2,500 energy price cap which is due to rise to £3,000 next month. This would be a…

Rewarding Damage – Letter to Watford Observer 4th February 2023

This week it was announced that pay packages for top executives in the water industry rose on average 20 per cent last year. The four senior executives of Thames Water, for example, shared £3.24 million between them. You might think that rewards of this size were in return for outstanding…

Missing The Point – Letter to Watford Observer – 13th January 2023

Rishi Sunak refused at the weekend to say if he used private GPs. Some people I know have commented that if he wishes to spend his money this way then this is a matter for him – and in any event reduces the pressure on the NHS. But in my…

Two-tier Health System – Letter to Watford Observer 9th December 2022

Most of us strongly support the NHS and yet acknowledge that it faces chronic problems – problems that are likely to get worse as the winter progresses. People are aware that huge amounts of taxpayers’ money is ploughed into the health service but despite this things are getting worse not…

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