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STAR LETTER: Recycling to keep warm?

Isle of Wight Observer Oct 11, 2024

Dear Editor, Isn’t it time to cut ‘free-gear’ Keir a bit of slack? I mean which of us hasn’t accepted…

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STAR LETTER: Article needed more information

Isle of Wight Observer Oct 4, 2024

Dear Editor, As a (current) neutral – requiring further information as to the practicalities of the enterprise, as well as…

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STAR LETTER: Labour won’t deliver change

Isle of Wight Observer Sep 30, 2024

Dear Editor, The highly authoritarian Chinese state is becoming increasingly challenged by China’s younger generation, who can’t openly protest for…

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STAR LETTER: Eye-watering costs of supporting Ukraine

Isle of Wight Observer Sep 20, 2024

Dear Editor, What started as a dispute between two closely related neighbouring countries has escalated into a very dangerous situation.…

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STAR LETTER: The sums don’t add up…

Isle of Wight Observer Sep 13, 2024

Dear Editor, I am confused. We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world – right? So, why are…

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STAR LETTER: Enjoy it while you can

Isle of Wight Observer Sep 11, 2024

Dear Editor, Stephen Hopkins (Island Soapbox, August 30) made me think about my late dad, and his opinion on our…

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STAR LETTER: Houses needed – but for the right people

Isle of Wight Observer Aug 30, 2024

Dear Editor, I have mixed feelings about the government’s housebuilding plans for our Island and I am keeping my fingers…

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STAR LETTER: Beware glossy brochures and coloured beads

Isle of Wight Observer Aug 23, 2024

Dear Editor, As I was plied with glossy brochures and smooth talk at an ExxonMobil “consultation” in Wilberforce Hall, Brighstone,…

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STAR LETTER: Thank you for what you do

Isle of Wight Observer Aug 16, 2024

Dear Editor, Every day, as I drive to and from work through the Yarmouth to Newport road, I see a…

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STAR LETTER: Such a wonderful Island

Isle of Wight Observer Aug 12, 2024

Dear Editor, I would like to share a story that illustrates the character of this lovely Island, please. My husband…

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STAR LETTER: Some creative thinking!

Isle of Wight Observer Aug 2, 2024

Dear Editor, How about Island Roads saving themselves some time and effort by listing which IW roads will be open…

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STAR LETTER: Hold public servants to account

Isle of Wight Observer Jul 26, 2024

Dear Editor Michael Morris (Island Soapbox July 19) is so correct, stating the lack of reference to wasteful public expenditure…

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STAR LETTER: Put the Stonehenge tunnel money to better use

Isle of Wight Observer Jul 19, 2024

Dear Editor, On the news the other night I heard the government has spent £175 million on the Stonehenge tunnel…

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STAR LETTER: Excuses from Red Funnel

Isle of Wight Observer Jul 12, 2024

Dear Editor, In issue 280 I wrote, in Soapbox, about how ferry costs had stopped my wife and I having…

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STAR LETTER: Please try to get on!

Isle of Wight Observer Jul 5, 2024

Dear Editor, Whoever we end up with as our two MPs on Friday morning, let’s hope they have a better…

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STAR LETTER: Radio interview was a ‘car crash’

Isle of Wight Observer Jun 28, 2024

Dear Editor, It’s rare that I write to a newspaper, but after listening to Bob Seely’s “car crash” interview on…

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