It’s a proven fact spaying and neutering are effective, and humane, ways to save the lives of animals. These procedures are one of many important respo
Many years ago now I did A-level sociology and discovered that the greatest recipients of taxpayers’ money were the middle classes.
This doesn’t happen by accident: it’s the result of policies brought in by self-serving local and national government.
This proposed change to housing application policy is shameful.
All councillors representing local residents should vote against it and stop Havering becoming a borough that works against those most genuinely in need.
Time to see sense on house-building
Cllr Graham Williamson, South Hornchurch ward and co-chair PRESERVE, writes:
It is true that Havering and other boroughs have failed to meet their so-called housing needs (Borough failing to meet new homes targets, latest figures show, Recorder 29/01) but the picture is not all it seems.
The poorest have suffered worst. Look at how people with disabilities have suffered disproportionately. Meanwhile racism, misogyny, homophobia and all the other prejudiced preconceptions have been given freedom to flourish.
When faced with this, minority communities draw together to rely on their own resources rather than trust the unreliable majority, and when these resources are religious ones they can be double edged.
The understandable rejection of all that is exemplified by establishment figures runs the risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. An all-enveloping religion can give great strength but can run the risk of drifting into fundamentalist rejection of the scientific rationality that underlies modern medicine.
The government has been happy to climb on the public display of support for our fantastic health, social care and other key workers with claps but won’t give them a pay rise.
Meantime, at local level the fantastic work done by the council and its staff throughout the pandemic is rewarded with a kick in the teeth from government, which now refuses to pick up the bill.
Hope this helps Mr Stanbury understand exactly where I am coming from and who should be held accountable for what has happened over the past year.
Happy birthday to Jimmy Greaves
Rob Meyers, Ashurst Drive, Barkingside, writes:
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