YP Letters: Outrage in wake of arena bomb trauma

From: Mike Smith, Birkby, Huddersfield.
The makeshift shrine in Manchester in memory of last week's terrorist victims.The makeshift shrine in Manchester in memory of last week's terrorist victims.
The makeshift shrine in Manchester in memory of last week's terrorist victims.

IN his column on the Manchester bombing atrocity (The Yorkshire Post, May 25) Amjad Bashir MEP defies anyone to claim it was done in his God’s name.

The problem with that is “Allahu Akbar” has been the battle cry of Islam from its very beginnings. That is not to suggest for one moment the vast majority of Muslims condone the barbaric acts of a few deranged individuals but it does invite questions about God.

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Over the centuries, the clerics of all faiths have applied their own interpretations of God. Many of those preachers were corrupt and motivated simply for power over gullible individuals or rival factions with the resulting strife we have in the world today.

Islam is not the only religion bedevilled with religious fanatics, and it is worth remembering Manchester was bombed in 1996 by another group of equally deranged fanatics with roots in the long standing war between Catholicism and Protestantism.

From: John Redfearn, Whitby Road, Pickering.

HAVING read Amjad Bashir’s article, we were told on the news that a neighbour of the suicide bomber in Manchester was concerned about his behaviour and therefore mentioned her suspicions to the authorities.

It was also known that Salman Abedi had travelled back to Libya and possibly Syria. One has to ask the question, why was he not put on surveillance by those responsible to observe those jihadists who are a danger to the public? Perhaps the Home Secretary could explain.

From: M Denby, Leeds.

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IS it just me or is the obvious not just staring us all in the face?

Why is it that every time an incident like last week’s atrocity in Manchester happens, the authorities appear to have known about the culprit(s) beforehand, have them on a database and make the details public almost immediately.

Why then wait for the attacks to take place? If they suspect anyone’s involvement, surely they just round them up – and lock them all up? As simple as that. Our safety should take precedence over human rights.

From: Peter Booth, Altrincham.

WHEN I was 14, I spent three weeks in Paris with a family on a school exchange and was educated in French with my classmates at a school and returned fluent in the language.

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Though a proud Englishman I showed full respect to the country where I was a guest. I believe that those who come to the UK are welcome but they must remember that it is English that we speak, especially in schools, and it is our culture and values they embrace and our laws they live under and not those of their motherland.

EU no threat to monarch

From: Don Burslam, Elm Road, Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury.

THERE seems to be a belief that a country like ours with a monarch which is also a member of the EU is in an incompatible situation compared with the other members of the Union.

May I point out that the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Spain are also monarchies and apparently 
co-exist quite happily with their fellow members.

The belief that this country is in an anomalous situation is wholly fallacious and is at the root of much of our uneasy relationship with our neighbours. Perhaps in view of this deeply ingrained attitude, it would be as well if we did finally sever our relationship, although the consequences will soon become apparent.

From: Hilary Andrews, Nursery Lane, Leeds.

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SO the EU wants us to continue to support their pensions and future citizens yet to be born. Is this shower really worth bothering with? Hopefully we will continue to have a tough negotiation team after June 8. I can’t imagine Labour knowing its way round a negotiating table.

TV exposes lunatic lefty

From: Alan Chapman, Beck Lane, Bingley.

THE TV exchanges held on Bank Holiday Monday were quite revealing.

The greater the exposure of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the better.

His bumbling performances must surely revile the voters of Middle England, and they are the key demographic that decide the outcome of elections.

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How can anybody but the most devout socialist give him any credence?

It is unimaginable that this lifetime left-winger could run 
anything but a student protest event.

He has nothing to offer but talk, talk and more talk, combined with procrastination in perpetuity, form a committee, organise a report, research every possible outcome, anything but make a decision.

Just what has the so-called Opposition descended to?

Feeling good about writer

From: Fiona Lemmon, Clifton Byres, Clifton, Maltby, Rotherham.

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I FEEL inspired each week after reading Andrea Morrison’s weekly advice column Feel Good Factor.

Her insight into herself and other people is a revelatory experience and each week she turns what might be 
interpreted as a negative situation into one with a positive outcome.

Her recent article, “Never forget how important it is to dance and sing in the rain” (The Yorkshire Post, May 25), reminded me to live the life I have right now – and make the most of it.

I hope that other readers of The Yorkshire Post feel inspired to do the same.

Long may Andrea’s inspirational articles continue!