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STAR LETTER: How much???!!!

Isle of Wight Observer Jun 21, 2024

Dear Editor, I thought I’d check how much our half-a-sausage munching MP has cost us in the seven years since…

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STAR LETTER: Roads are safe to use

Isle of Wight Observer Jun 14, 2024

Dear Editor, It seems that history is repeating itself. Years ago the council spent so much money on professional fees…

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STAR LETTER: Hazel’s blind loyalty is wrong

Isle of Wight Observer Jun 7, 2024

Dear Editor, Hazel Wyld has every right to criticise the Labour leader for his agenda and policies; however, I find…

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STAR LETTER: Things aren’t what they used to be

Isle of Wight Observer May 31, 2024

Dear Editor, I am 80 years and have spent 74 of those on our Island; you used to be able…

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STAR LETTER: Can this be acceptable?

Isle of Wight Observer May 24, 2024

Dear Editor, If you combine the wealth of all those featured in the Sunday Times Rich List, it amounts to…

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STAR LETTER: Aren’t we lucky to have so many brilliant people?

Isle of Wight Observer May 17, 2024

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Carole Dennett for her excellent piece on Red Funnel Ferries and their CEO,…

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STAR LETTER: Why couldn’t a poor person be our PCC?

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 26, 2024

Dear Editor, Unlike parliamentary elections, which cost prospective candidates £500 to stand, Police & Crime Commissioner candidates have to stump…

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STAR LETTER: How can these people live with themselves?

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 19, 2024

Dear Editor, My dream was to be near my lovely family and live on the beautiful Isle of Wight. We…

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STAR LETTERS: No sympathy for William’s willy antics

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 12, 2024

Dear Editor, Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, praised William Wragg for being ‘courageous’. I don’t know what’s courageous about sending a picture…

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STAR LETTER: Joint trust needs to be more open

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 8, 2024

Dear Editor, On last week’s front page, you correctly reported that Island Labour raised concerns with the NHS around a…

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STAR LETTER: No escape from levy

Isle of Wight Observer Apr 2, 2024

Dear Editor, Am I alone in thinking attractions on the Island are being short-changed by Visit Isle of Wight? After…

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STAR LETTER: Old? Who me?

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 25, 2024

Dear Editor, My wife and I have been married for 62 years, we are both in our eighties. In the…

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STAR LETTER: The poverty gap grows

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 18, 2024

Dear Editor, Everything the Conservatives say, we can confidently believe the opposite is true. Remember Boris Johnson standing on the…

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STAR LETTER: IWC must be held to account

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 8, 2024

Dear Editor, The time has come for the IW Council to be held to account over the provision of public…

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Star Letter: Blood on our hands

Isle of Wight Observer Mar 4, 2024

Blood on our hands Dear Editor, What a disgraceful farce in Parliament last week as MPs squabbled and equivocated over…

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STAR LETTER: The impRussion that IW is not top priority

Isle of Wight Observer Feb 23, 2024

Dear Editor, Our MP, Bob “Half-a-Sausage” Seely, may have been modest about how much he scoffed at that Seaview soirée…

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