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The Independent Labour councillor, Geoff Brodie, believes it's time for the Isle of Wight Greens, LibDems and progressive independents to make an electoral agreement not to stand against each other next May in the council elections
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Naomi believes the Isle of Wight Council and Police have a lot of work to do ensuring the TT event does not lead to our 'killed and seriously injured' statistics rivaling those of the Isle of Man
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Richard Quigley is calling on the Isle of Wight MP to do everything he can to prevent a GCSE injustice taking place next week
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This reader believes the people can help create a massive cultural change, assigning "present day miscreants to the dust of time"
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Councillor Lilley says residents need to start standing up and saying no to large scale developments that "destroy our green fields and farming"
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This reader asks whether the ‘Coronapreneurs’ hold the key to saving the Island’s economy and if so, what is their secret
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This reader asks why the ferry companies can't just segregate passengers returning from Spain into a special area
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This reader urges Islanders to challenge Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely, and ask him why he voted as he did against a clause that would have guaranteed protection for the NHS in any future trade negotiations
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Alison Goodchild believes the UKOG planning application for oil exploration has been submitted under cover of a global pandemic and calls for it to be deferred
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A small business owner on Godshill says they're devastated that having made it through lockdown and starting to try and build back some trade, they will now have to deal with disruptive roadworks
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Hans Bromwich believes the 'levelling down' has been created to help pay for the "Government's shambolic handling of the Covid-19 pandemic"
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Letter: Why are Wightlink forcing passengers on car ferries to mingle closely with others? (updated)
This reader believes the MCA has a duty of care, not just for the ferry crews, but also for passengers on board those ferries and wants to know why Covid-19 vulnerable passengers are being forced to leave their cars
