Cruel slaughter
I TOTALLY agree with Marlene Guest who wrote about the ritual slaughter of animals. It is a very cruel method.
Many people would be horrified to see how animals suffer. I watched a short clip of halal slaughter on the internet recently and it left me in tears. I cannot believe that it is allowed in our country. If we are all silent in case we offend, nothing will ever change.
J Horton
Wake up over fuel allowances
I AM starting to wonder just how stupid some people are in our country.
D Marshall of Stannington should realise it’s very simple to understand: winter fuel Allowance isn’t the same as state pension which you work for and contributed towards by paying your stamps and are entitled to anywhere in the world. It was given as a gift to heat the homes of British pensioners, here in the UK.
It has nothing to do with how many years you have worked. You wouldn’t expect to get a food parcel or hamper delivered from any charity in the UK to your villa in Cyprus etc at Christmas, would you?
Please wake up!
Abagail Dewhurst, Chapeltown
I shake my head in disbelief at the stupidity of some British citizens, like the letter writer who thinks because he or she has worked all their life, they should still get their Winter Fuel Allowance if they move to warmer climates. It was given as a generous gift by the previous Labour government. It has nothing to do with how many years you have worked. And what does the letter writer think he would do with his free bus pass in Spain? The only thing you work and contribute to is state pension and not fuel allowance.
Gabriel Kate Adams, Gleadless
We had borstals
from the 40s to the 60s not only did Britain have ten times less crime than today, we had the lowest crime rate on Earth. Why? Back then we had capital and corporal punishment, longer sentences, mental health hospitals (a tenth of prisoners have mental health problems), borstals, weekend detention centres and they all worked. But past governments decided they cost too much.
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Bytor
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 12:20 PMDesert cultural practices in meat production have no place in modern Britain, but as soon as someone mentions "religion" our leaders scurry for cover ..........
Ivan Eddake
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 01:45 PMBeats working for a living...
Gladius
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 11:15 AMIvan Eddake you've got an opinion on everything. Does that make you a 'left wing namby pamby social worker or college lecturer'?
Ivan Eddake
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 02:47 PMSeems to me like you've got too much time on your hands Mr Scratch. You seem to have an opinion on anything and everything, and of course you will be right won't you. You must be some left wing namby pamby social worker or college lecturer me thinks.
scratch`
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 10:34 AMThe anonymous writer on crime has good reason to hide their identity. They are peddling blatant untruths. Crime rates continue to fall, the latest Home Office crime statistics report published in October states "There was no statistically significant change in BCS crime compared with the year to June2010. The number of crimes recorded by the police fell by four per cent in the year to June 2011 compared with the previous year." And in that previous year, ACPO reported that "Police recorded crime figures for the 12 months to December 2009 show a reduction of 7% annually, while the British Crime Survey shows the risk of being a victim of crime is at the lowest level in almost 30 years." Yet we are asked to adopt outdated vindictive practices such as capital & corporal punishment. Perhaps we should look at the levels of crime experienced in eg the USA, where judicial murder of the most disadvantaged [& subsequently frequently shown to be innocent], or the ludicrous sentences resulting from '3 strikes' such as 30 years for stealing a pizza, do not provide the levels of security which anonymous claims.
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