Archive for February, 2010

Death in Afghanistan

Posted 23 February 2010 | By admin | Categories: Press Statements | No Comments

From: David Kirwan
Sent: 23 February 2010 08:03
Subject: Letter to the Editor
Sir,
When letters stop appearing in the press that generally means that the public are losing interest in an issue and complacency replaces indignation. On the 29th June 2009 I wrote to the press marking the sad death of Major Sean Burchall of The Rifles, the [...]

BBC Bias?

BBC Bias?

Posted 22 February 2010 | By admin | Categories: BBC | 1 Comment

On Sunday night the BBC plumbed new depths with its canonisation of Gerry Adams in terms of its invitation to him to present the latest episode of ‘The Bible: A History’ on Channel 4 and for which he was reputedly paid £10,000.
Granting a religious platform to the self confessed leader of Sinn Fein throughout [...]

BBC Bias? Letter

Posted 21 February 2010 | By admin | Categories: BBC, Letters | No Comments

From:     David Kirwan
Sent:       21 February 2010 21:00
Subject: Letter to the Editor….’ BBC Bias?’
Sir,
On Sunday night the BBC plumbed new depths with its canonisation of Gerry Adams in terms of its invitation to him to present the latest episode of ‘The Bible: A History’ on Channel 4 and for which he was reputedly paid £10,000.  Granting [...]

Parking Charges

Posted 21 February 2010 | By admin | Categories: Letters | 2 Comments

From: David Kirwan
Sent: 21 February 2010 07:56
Subject: Letter to the Editor
Sir,
With the slow death of many town centres bold decisions are needed. By far one of the biggest factors which deter people from shopping in traditional centres such as Liverpool, Birkenhead and Wallasey is the imposition of parking charges. Why incur such an expense on [...]

Small businesses cut adrift by Government

Small businesses cut adrift by Government

Posted 17 February 2010 | By admin | Categories: Expenses Scandal | 1 Comment

A day hardly passes without news of more Bank profits and staff bonuses.
Meanwhile, four fifths of small traders report that they have been unable to obtain credit from their Banks and many owners are now resorting to credit card borrowing in order to finance their businesses.
Sensing no doubt an opportunity the credit card companies, [...]

Kitchen Table Economics

Posted 17 February 2010 | By admin | Categories: Letters | No Comments

From: David Kirwan
Sent: 17 February 2010 07:23
Subject: Letter to the Editor…”Kitchen table economics”
Sir,
A day hardly passes without news of more Bank profits and staff bonuses. Meanwhile, four fifths of small traders report that they have been unable to obtain credit from their Banks and many owners are now resorting to credit card borrowing in order [...]

Piers Morgan interview of Gordon Brown

Posted 15 February 2010 | By admin | Categories: Labour, Letters | 1 Comment

From: David Kirwan
Sent: 15 February 2010 07:58
Subject: Letter to the Editor
Sir,
Watching the Piers Morgan interview of Gordon Brown on Sunday night I half expected an X Factor ballot telephone number to flash up at the end so that we the jury could settle hapless Gordon’s fate, if not in the forthcoming General Election, then at [...]