Finance is not the real problem

From: JW Slack, Swinston Hill Road, Dinnington, Sheffield.

I READ Rebecca Mollart’s article (Yorkshire Post, July 22) with a great deal of sympathy.

The problems created by the loss of the large employers in the mining and steel industries with the attending collapse of communities, families and a firm moral framework are enormous.

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Children learn vital lessons in life by seeing adults with assortments of social and practical skills in operation and so choosing their ambitions in life and to recognise that money is not to be the be all and end all.

Politicians need to forget finance for a moment and start to understand the real problems. It is they who are at fault – not the public sector workers.

Tunnel vision

From: Eric Daines, Burtree Avenue, Skelton, York.

HOW nice to see (Yorkshire Post, July 28) a picture of the new road tunnel between London and Portsmouth, 1.2 miles long costing £371m.

Yet another fine example of British engineering no doubt.

However, I note that unlike the Humber Bridge, there are no toll booths. A case of the North-South divide striking again?

Grain fall

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From: James Anthony Bulmer, Peel Street, Horbury, Wakefield.

WE are now hearing from the supermarkets that we shall have to pay more for our farm products. One reason was that due to the lack of rain, grain harvests had been seriously affected. Is this the fault of the general public or the lack of foresight in not building more reservoirs or even drilling for Artesian wells?