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Isle of Wight Opinion Pieces

OnTheWight is run on journalistic principles of honesty, transparency and balance. Every so often, there will be a subject or issue that the editors or contributors wish to share that reflects their personal opinion.

These Isle of Wight opinion pieces will be clearly marked as such. We believe their inclusion adds to the diversity of content available to readers.

9, February 2013·1 min read

Daft Old Duffer: Bitter Fruit

Daft Old Duffer returns with his regular weekly column and he's back on the subject of oranges.

20, October 2012·2 min read

Daft Old Duffer: Boris, ‘man of the future’?

Daft Old Duffer returns with his weekly column. He looks forward to the next general election and mulls over the subject of candidate selection

19, January 2013·1 min read

Daft Old Duffer: Britain’s Bright Future?

Daft Old Duffer returns with his regular weekly column and reflects on the Island's truancy rates

7, September 2013·1 min read

Daft Old Duffer: Cameron And Obama, Defenders Of The Right

Daft Old Duffer ponders on what Syrians whose homes have been destroyed by bombs and children killed by gunfire think of the sudden interest of International governments now that chemicals are involved.

3, July 2010·2 min read