http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/letters/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:10:21 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 3 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/dr_logo_500x75.png http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/letters/ THE mis-speaking of Provost Denis Agnew coTHE mis-speaking of Provost Denis Agnew continues.ntinues. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/31/404527-national-perk-board/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/31/404527-national-perk-board/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion WILLIAM Macleod claims “we had no choice bar to bail [the banks] out” (Your Letters, August 17). http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/24/403942-black-arts-of-banking/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/24/403942-black-arts-of-banking/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion THE debate on whether the UK should have nuclear bombs as part of its defence strategy has been rehearsed many times. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/24/403941-defence-debate/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/24/403941-defence-debate/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion MY name is Grant Crawford, and I am a farmer in the Clare Valley in South Australia. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/17/403656-family-tree/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/17/403656-family-tree/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion It is extremely heartening that you report on the success of school students in their national exam results (10/8/2010). http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/17/403655-back-to-school/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/17/403655-back-to-school/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion I HAVE recently retired to the Dumbarton area and have been delighted to discover your excellent newspaper and website. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/03/403125-great-enjoyment/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/03/403125-great-enjoyment/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion THE United Campaign group is giving you, the community, the following information. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/03/403124-public-meeting/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/08/03/403124-public-meeting/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion WOULD the people who phone me about opinion polls, market research and related subjects please send me their home telephone numbers so that I can phone them back at the most inconsiderate times and ask them the most annoying, mundane questions that I can think of, the answers to which are none of my business? http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/27/402867-inconsiderate/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/27/402867-inconsiderate/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion ARE there any levels to which Labour politicians will not sink in order to see their name in print? http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/27/402865-bad-taste/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/27/402865-bad-taste/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion THE Con/Dem coalition's decision to vote for a rise in VAT will hit the poorest hardest and hinder our already faltering economic recovery. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/20/402593-vat-rise-will-hit-the-poor-/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/20/402593-vat-rise-will-hit-the-poor-/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion Thanks to everyone who supported the Joint Trades Unions' call to lobby the council meeting on Wednesday June 30 against cuts in jobs and services. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/13/402324-council-cuts-result/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/13/402324-council-cuts-result/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion Reader William McLeod (Reporter, June 22) still seems to think the Labour Party won the last election and continues to back in his narrow parochialism, which is characterised by the fear and negativity of the Labour Party campaign. However, the rest of the world has, very quickly, moved no. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/06/402073-case-for-independence/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/06/402073-case-for-independence/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion THE Armed Forces Veterans Association (AVFA) help young servicemen that have been wounded in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/06/402072-holidays-for-heroes/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/07/06/402072-holidays-for-heroes/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion I WOULD like to comment on a letter in the Reporter from Michael Birkett, chairman of Rosshead Tenants and Residents Association (8/6/10). http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/29/401853-a-community-stalwart/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/29/401853-a-community-stalwart/ Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion I WRITE regarding the letter entitled "An interesting debate" printed in last week's Reporter (15/6/10). http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/22/401629-jobs-will-be-lost/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/22/401629-jobs-will-be-lost/ Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion ON behalf of the United Campaign Group I would like to thank Andrew Gibson for the article he wrote regarding the patient's ordeal in Paisley http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/08/401198-thank-you-for-article/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/08/401198-thank-you-for-article/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion READER William McLeod is perplexed by the logic of the SNP candidate in the recent General Election (Reporter, 25/05/2010). http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/08/401197-lessons-in-whinging/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/08/401197-lessons-in-whinging/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion FOLLOWING a letter printed from the United Campaign Group last month (Reporter 18/5/2010), I am writing to reassure women in the Dunbartonshire area that regardless of the move to overnight on-call arrangements between 8pm to 8am, the Community Maternity Unit (CMU) provides the same level of care as is offered during the day. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/01/400939-no-risk-to-mums/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/06/01/400939-no-risk-to-mums/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:30:00 +0100 Opinion The Strathleven Artisans and Phil Graham have been researching the feudal period. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/25/400657-robin-hood/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/25/400657-robin-hood/ Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:00 +0100 Opinion I WAS left somewhat perplexed by the tortured logic deployed by Graeme McCormick, the failed SNP candidate in the recent general election, in his letter (18/05/10). http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/25/400656-perplexed/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/25/400656-perplexed/ Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100 Opinion AFTER watching the latest goings on in the political scene, I have come to the conclusion that none of the main parties in the UK, or Scotland for that matter, deserve our votes. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/18/400423-undeserving/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/18/400423-undeserving/ Tue, 18 May 2010 13:00:00 +0100 Opinion AFTER reading about the on-call service at the Vale of Leven Hospital's Community Maternity Unit (Reporter, 11/05/10), the following statement is given out by the United Campaign Group (UCG). http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/18/400421-say-no-to-paisley/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/18/400421-say-no-to-paisley/ Tue, 18 May 2010 13:00:00 +0100 Opinion IT was a great disappointment when I went to vote to learn that only one MP standing for election actually lived in West Dunbartonshire. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/11/400206-election-let-down/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/11/400206-election-let-down/ Tue, 11 May 2010 13:00:00 +0100 Opinion I want to thank all the 505 voters who courageously voted for the Socialist Labour Party in the General Election. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/11/400204-thank-you-for-votes/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/05/11/400204-thank-you-for-votes/ Tue, 11 May 2010 13:00:00 +0100 Opinion WE are all still picking up the pieces from the financial crisis. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/27/399675-we-want-justice/ http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/04/27/399675-we-want-justice/ Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:01:02 +0100 Opinion