Letter: 12 Years of austerity and impoverishment
This reader from East Cowes shares his view on what has changed in the last 12 years of austerity
Peter Geach
Letter: Do our MPs have the experience, background and integrity for the job?
This reader believes that both the main political parties must take responsibility for the "sorry dilemma they have put this country in" as he steps back to reflect on the nuclear industry, engineering and how the NHS is quietly being privatised
Letter: Are we living in a soft Dictatorship?
This reader asks whether the Met Police are colluding with the Prime Minister?
Letter: Why can’t the general public buy pupae to help increase the butterfly population?
This reader, who wants to help return the butterfly population to what he remembers from his childhood, would like to know why butterfly pupae is not available to the general public
Letter: What do election candidates propose to fix East Cowes landslip?
The East Cowes resident wants to know what candidates in the local elections will do about the East Cowes landslip
Letter: Here’s my list of new criteria MPs should pass before selection
This reader believes that there should be new criteria for MPs before they are selected. See if you agree with his list
Letter: This is what we got from our MPs
Peter Geach posed a question at the end of last year asking 'what we want' and 'what we expect' from our MPs. He finishes the trilogy by sharing his view of 'what we got'.
Letter: What do the prospective MPs want from the voter?
Peter Geach returns to the subject he raised before Christmas and now asks, "What do the prospective MPs want from the voters – apart from votes?"
Letter: What do we want and expect from our future MP?
Now Christmas is upon us there is time for renewal and reflection. The burning question in the coming months for many will be what do we want and expect from our future MP? Peter Geach shares his concerns.
Letter: Are Yachties causing the ‘East Cowes Pong’?
Peter's wondering if the, er ... dejecta from the Yachts moored up in the Medina are the cause of what he calls the 'East Cowes Pong'?
Letter: Pensioners’ bus pass under threat. Act now!
Peter Geach calls on fellow Islanders to support the ‘Love the bus pass campaign’ and show politicians how important the Pensioners' bus pass is.