Stop talks THE swing bridge impasse is surely only one symptom of a very deep malaise gripping Warrington at this time.
I WAS shocked walking round Warrington town centre the other day to find the whole place geared up for Christmas.
IS it time to accept that local government is broken?
AFTER seeing your photos of Warrington’s Pride marchers in last week’s Warrington Guardian (June 13) , I realised that the word ‘Pride’ should also apply to Warrington’s built environment, as well as the LGBTO+ community.
I HAVE recently been in Halton Hospital and Warrington Hospital for an operation.
May I through your paper query if my years supporting the Wire are any kind of record.?(including my family tree of supporters) I am now 86 years of age and my first experience of standing on the terraces at Wilderspool was when my dad took the whole family to watch the great Harry Bath when I was 9 years of age.
If any feels like Mr Bebbington that national service is the answer to anti-social behaviour and youth problems then I think you’re fooling yourselves, remember the Cray twins, they were drafted and didn’t exactly turn out reformed. I would also stress young conscripts would be used as cannon fodder in the next contrived conflict. Most people have forgotten Tony Blair’s little folly about the weapons of mass destruction. That’s where many our committed armed forces bravely fought and died for what was clearly a political agenda. Without conscription we have highly skilled, highly motivated and dedicated armed forces that are prepared to give the ultimate sacrifice if necessary. This force should never be diluted. If we want to tackle anti social behaviour , youth knife crime or crime in general we must overhaul our legal system, deal out real justice. Give young offenders a real sharp shock instead of a slap on the wrist. I see more and more suspended sentences for very serious crimes.Here’s where the real problem of social degradation rests. It’s a very difficult problem to solve especially when these cases are a cash cow for the legal profession, representing a youngster in court maybe 100 times is far more lucrative than early hard corrective punishment. Foreign groomers and rapists are rarely deported after serving their lenient sentences and vicious murderers get to have a life after early release. “Conscription” another of Sunak’s cons just like his Rewanda con.
I WOULD like to respond to the letter from your reader, David Cowan of Orford: Letters: Important for water firms to own up about environmental damage (May, 30).
Home to roost Well, this is truly remarkable Andy Carter is standing as Tory candidate for Warrington South after all. Who would have thought it?
I WAS reading that half of Warrington will be closed for a cycle race in June.
