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.
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Jonathan Dodd is back! Returning with another glorious exploration of the mind and this week, with the subject of happiness.
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When Blake Nash was riding scooters at the skate park during his school years, he says he was mocked by others. A few years later and he has a growing scooter business with nationwide chain, Halfords, being the latest stockist of his products. He says that when things get tough, "you’ve just got keep going".
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Does talking to 1000 people give a good representation of the Island population?
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We started the week with an article about the number of people claiming pensions on the Isle of Wight, Daft Old Duffer returns to the subject with his Saturday column.
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Steve nominates his next Golden Pothole of the Week
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Daft Old Duffer returns with his weekly column. Unhappy with his tatty wardrobe, he's been shopping for new threads.
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It’s with great sadness that we heard that Melanie Swan was to resign her position and step down from the...
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More chat .... on foxes, train lines and day trips to the Island.
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Doesn't seem right does it?
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DOD's poses an interesting question .. for some