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STAR LETTER: Thank you – I was proud

Isle of Wight Observer Jul 7, 2025

Dear Editor, I write with praise at a time when the news is often full of doom and gloom, following…

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STAR LETTER: Well done Brighstone School

Isle of Wight Observer Jun 27, 2025

Dear Editor, How delighted I was to read about Brighstone CofE Primary School’s Christian vision (IW Observer, June 6). It…

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STAR LETTER: It hasn’t been this bad for a very long time!

Isle of Wight Observer Jun 6, 2025

Dear Editor, People across the political spectrum are finally waking up to the dire straits our political classes have engineered.…

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STAR LETTER: Check your bills…

Isle of Wight Observer May 30, 2025

Dear Editor, I thought your readers should see a part of my letter to Southern Water. I would advise them…

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STAR LETTER: A plea for the natural world

Isle of Wight Observer May 23, 2025

Dear Editor, We all need somewhere to live and no one is more important than another person and that includes…

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STAR LETTER: Traffic madness terrorises businesses

Isle of Wight Observer May 16, 2025

Dear Editor, For four days Newport to Cowes traffic has been diverted via Whitehouse Road and Pallance Road. The resulting…

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STAR LETTER: A plague on all your houses

Isle of Wight Observer May 2, 2025

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter on Wednesday night and for the first time in my adult life I…

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STAR LETTER: We expect more from our political leaders

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 23, 2025

Dear Editor, It has been perplexing to witness prominent political figures blurring the lines of basic biological definitions, raising serious…

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STAR LETTER: Nothing’s changed

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 16, 2025

Dear Editor, Our supine Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, says, “We are living in a changed world”. No we are not…

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STAR LETTER: It’s a question of priorities

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 4, 2025

Dear Editor, I read your article about the increasing reliance on the IW Foodbank, in Shanklin, with great concern. Unfortunately,…

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STAR LETTER: Winter is coming for our schools

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 28, 2025

Dear Editor What is the impact of this week’s Spring statement on education? Spring – a season of initial growth,…

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STAR LETTER: Call Lenin – not Trump!

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 21, 2025

Dear Editor, Simon Radcliff suggested that “Trumpism is what is required” to fix the Island’s ferry problems (IW Observer, March…

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STAR LETTER: Remind me, who paid biggest price for WWII?

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 14, 2025

Dear Editor, Holmesy is right (IW Observer, February 21). The USA did invest huge sums in Europe after WWII, just…

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STAR LETTER: Dangers of devolution

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 7, 2025

Dear Editor, I want to explain to the Isle of Wight Council why devolution of our council would be a…

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STAR LETTER: Calm down – it’s only a leaflet

Isle of Wight Observer Feb 28, 2025

Dear Editor, I have eventually tracked down the leaflet which R C Thomas found insulting his doormat (Island Soapbox, Feb…

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STAR LETTTER: Unbelievable flyers!

Isle of Wight Observer Feb 21, 2025

Dear Editor, I doubt if I am alone in being somewhat bemused – and amazed – at receiving two flyers…

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