STAR LETTER: Context matters when talking about candidate privacy
Isle of Wight ObserverDear Editor, Your recent report, saying that many candidates in the local elections on May 7 have chosen not to…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Mandy, Moscow and the missing answers
Dear Editor, During Monday’s ‘Prime Minister’s statement on Peter Mandelson’, we were treated to the PM’s grovelling apology to Epstein’s…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Bag charges backfire
Dear Editor, I always enjoy your newspaper and would like to respond to an article in last week’s edition. It…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Champagne wages on a lemonade budget
Dear Editor, I am writing to express my serious dissatisfaction with the financial management and priorities of the Isle of…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Rearranging the deckchairs
Dear Editor, Things only go from bad to worse for the Government. When you look at the list of U-turns,…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Lords should be selected on merit – not patronage
Dear Editor, The latest revelations reported about a former aide of Keir Starmer who campaigned for a convicted child abuser…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Is traffic planning up to scratch?
Dear Editor, There seems to be a complete lack of joined up thinking with the road closure regime operated by…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Loyal staff left in the dark
Dear Editor, Godshill Primary School was running at a loss, so they sold the pre-school part of the school to…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: A heartfelt thanks to the NHS
Dear Editor, On Saturday, January 3 my darling wife Gina passed away in the Wellow Unit at St. Mary’s after…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Christmas cards: easy pickings?
Dear Editor, A couple of weeks before Christmas I posted five Christmas cards to the mainland. Three were received in…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Good tidings from a grateful reader
Dear Editor, As Christmas approaches, I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for the IW Observer and…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Drivers duped – again!
Dear Editor, Remember the diesel con? Back in the early 2000s, the government urged us all to buy diesel cars,…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Who’s pulling the strings on Floatie plans?
Dear Editor, I read your front-page article last week, regarding a consultant’s report. The elected council members, prepared on instruction…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: MP’s speech was great – who was listening?
Dear Editor, I wish to commend Isle of Wight East MP, Joe Robertson, for the powerful speech he delivered in…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Sex offender’s 37 year reward
Dear Editor, The revelation this week that convicted sex offender, Hadush Kebatu, was handed £500 to ‘facilitate’ his deportation is…
Read MoreSTAR LETTER: Culture? Only if you can afford the ferry
Dear Editor, In respect of the ferry difficulties, one aspect, I think, that is not given due consideration, is the…
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