Gough escapes a sticky wicket

From: Terry Palmer, South Lea Avenue, Hoyland, Barnsley.

MONK Bretton-born cricketer Darren Gough turns down the Tory approach from David Cameron to be their local Tory candidate in the Barnsley Central by-election. Being a past winner at cricket and latterly on Strictly Come Dancing, he full well knew he would certainly be a non- starter as a hated Tory candidate in these parts if he had accepted.

I suspect his offer of helping the “nasty party” won’t go down very well with the people of Barnsley who still remember what his party did to them in the 1980s and ’90s.

Core values

From: Sytske Deshingkar, Ewood Drive, Mytholmroyd.

WHY should we have to drink water with fluoride in it?

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Forty years ago, we gave children an apple after they had their school dinner in one part of the school. After three months, we checked their teeth and there was a great difference. In fact, after six months, very little was necessary for the dentist to attend to, compared to other classes without apples. So why not give the child an apple? It’s better than the sound of the drill.

Airline extras

From: CO Jilbert, Stockton on the Forest, York.

RATHER than reporting verbatim claims by local budget airlines that they are somehow responsible for boosting Yorkshire’s economy (“Budget airline hails economic boost for region”, Yorkshire Post, February 12), I suggest that your newspaper campaigns against the iniquitous charging practices whereby a separate charge is made for every conceivable component of a transaction.

These operate at the extreme limits of fairness.

Guy’s guidance

From: Martin D Stern, Hanover Gardens, Salford.

KEN Holmes’s appeal (Yorkshire Post, February 12) “Come back Dick Turpin, all is forgiven” reminded me of a graffito I saw some years ago “Come back Guy Fawkes, your country needs you”.

Unlike Dick Turpin, Guy Fawkes would have got to the root of this country’s problems.

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