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Readers letters
People walking past a homeless man
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Helping the homeless
Trevor Ellis, Chalkhill Road, Wembley, writes:
Call my view simplistic or unrealistic, but I can’t help believing that in the UK, where according to the Office for National Statistics the population in 2016 was 65.6 million, no one should be lonely.
Likewise, in spite of the irresponsible mistreatment of the planet, it still produces tons of food to sustain our lives.
Yet, many people are increasingly saying that they are hungry and recent news about one such person who was sent a meagre amount of food that was expected to sustain her child for seven days resulted in justified complaints on social media.
It later came to light that was the result of pressure from the government. Various cabinet ministers were quick to leap to the defence of monuments to slavers. When Colston’s statue fell, home secretary Priti Patel denounced the action as “utterly disgraceful” while Boris Johnson argued Black Lives Matter had been “subverted by thuggery”.
In July it was revealed that culture secretary Oliver Dowden had been in contact with the Museum of the Home to demand Geffrye’s statue stayed up irrespective of the will of the public, bolstering his argument with the barely hidden threat that the museum was “a government-funded organisation”.
We’ve all felt the strain of 2020 and with restrictions in place across England it’s important that looking after our physical and mental health remains a priority in 2021. That’s why I m encouraging people stay active throughout the winter months and improve their heart health by taking on the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) 30-day virtual cycling challenge, MyCycle. The BHF found that signing up to a challenge has helped a quarter of people get fitter in the past. Completing an exercise challenge, like MyCycle, can also have a positive effect on your mental health as it helps to increase your level of endorphins, which are a natural mood booster.
Readers letters
A computer-generated image of the proposed MSG Sphere in Stratford
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Still time to comment on Sphere
Ian Sinclair, McGrath Road, Stratford, writes:
As the legendary Labour MP Tony Benn was fond of saying: “The ruling classes always control us. The first way is to frighten us, the second way is to divide us, the third way is to demoralize us. And the fourth way is to make us cynical.”
It is certainly easy to feel demoralised, especially when it comes to opposing the proposed Madison Square Garden Sphere in Stratford.
However, it’s important to realise the opposition to the corporate development has lots of support. For example, London Assembly member for City and East Unmesh Desai recently wrote to the London Legacy Development Corporation making a “strong, formal objection” to the Sphere.