Letters - Thursday, September 17, 2020

Would you really trust this pair?
Do you trust Boris Johnson?Do you trust Boris Johnson?
Do you trust Boris Johnson?

Imagine if two blokes who looked like this turned up at your door posing as salesman.

They ask you to transfer your life savings , pension fund or to re-mortgage and join their relatively new finance company? Would you honestly take the risk ?

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Sadly millions of people have invested an overwhelming amount of trust in these two characters.

... and do you trust Dominic Cummings?... and do you trust Dominic Cummings?
... and do you trust Dominic Cummings?

Firstly a Prime Minister who can’t even be relied upon to comb his own hair . The same voters have intentionally or unintentionally given control of their future to a contemptuous and unelected character named Dominic Cummings - man who has the sheer brazen audacity to expect you and the world’s media to believe his explanation as to why during the lockdown, taking a drive in the countryside was feasible to “test his eyesight”.

You simply cannot defend the indefensible. An ‘oven-ready deal’ millions of voters were promised by Boris Johnson last December. It’s still in the freezer...

Stephen Pierre

Via email

Virus

More of a walk-out than walk-in centre

I wanted to complain that I was told to put a mask on before I could have my x-ray at Fleetwood Same Day Health Centre. That is fine but of the two young girls there one had hers on, the other with lots of make-up on and bright lipstick had hers under her chin.

Not a good example to set.

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Also there were other staff down the corridor chatting with no masks on.

The cases in Blackpool and Preston are high, and the staff here do not help.

I used the toilets and they were dirty and had no hand sanitizer. No signs way in or way out.

Walk in centre more like walk out centre.

I wonder what other readers think.

‘Anonimus’

Fleetwood

Charity

Remember us in your wills

Gifts in wills have always been important to charities, but never more so than this year.

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During Covid-19, blind and partially sighted people have struggled to access essentials like food and medicine. Social distancing has made it hard for some people to get out at all.

Over the last six months, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has supported people with sight loss in numerous ways, including extending our Helpline opening hours, offering new telephone services, such as Talk and Support, and securing priority supermarket delivery slots.

Gifts in wills have been hugely important in funding this work, accounting for half of our voluntary income. An increase in public awareness and more gifts left in wills helps RNIB remove more barriers for blind and partially sighted people.

That’s why we’re supporting Remember a Charity Week, to celebrate all the people who support blind and partially sighted people across the UK by leaving a gift to RNIB in their will.

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No matter how big or small, every gift has a valuable impact. You can pass on something amazing to people in years to come by leaving a gift in your will.

Eleanor Southwood

Chair, RNIB

Politics

Tourism isn’t getting help

There was a debate on tourism in the House of Commons last week. Yet it was so over-subscribed that speeches by many MPs were limited to just a couple of minutes.

What does that say about how Government regards such an important sector of the economy?

andrew mercer

via email

brexit

Why bother with Major and Blair?

It seems bizarre to tell Boris Johnson to pay heed to former premiers John Major and Tony Blair when they are the architects of all our Brexit problems, both having entered into EU treaties passing further powers to the EU without obtaining the electorate’s consent.

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