Thank you for bringing joy to so many children this Christmas

SIR – Operation Christmas Child’s shoebox appeal team would like to thank the hundreds of schoolchildren, church groups, local community groups, families and individuals who donated gift- filled shoeboxes this November.SIR – I must reply to the letter last week regarding the poor attendance at Bransty Legion charity event in aid of the flood victims.SIR – Some Labour members and supporters seem to have trouble with the distinction between disagreeing with a person’s political views and making a personal attack on that individual. SIR – Following the failure of our local political leaders to secure the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC) and the new Rolls Royce nuclear manufacturing plant, both of which are to be located in South Yorkshire, what hope is there now for West Cumbria to attract any of the higher value businesses that are necessary to support the national programme of new nuclear power plants? SIR – Well done Mr B Caine. What a great letter you wrote in last week’s letters page. Everyone we have spoken to heartily agrees.SIR – I would like to take this opportunity to ask all readers to pause and think of the British troops in Afghanistan right now, serving their country fighting a war in a non-Christian country. I fear there will not be “peace on Earth and goodwill towards our men” in that battle zone. SIR – On December 15, unknown to me, I had lost my debit card and not until December 17 was I aware I had lost it. Going into TSB branch, Whitehaven, to cancel same, I was informed it had been handed in. SIR – Most people who go into politics, whatever their political colour, are honest and do not go into it for the money. But over the past few months an unacceptably flawed system of expenses for MPs, combined with some blatant misuse of the system by some MPs of all parties, is bringing the whole system of politics into disrepute and discrediting the innocent along with the guilty.SIR – With regards to the article (The Whitehaven News, December 17) on Coun Robin Pitt’s appointment as chair of personnel and the Conservative group’s decision not to appoint a representative on this panel, I would like to give the full background on this so as to make sure your readers are clear on the facts. SIR – Some of your correspondents appear to be suffering from verbal diarrhoea which is being allowed to exude onto the letters page of your newspaper.

Last updated 30 December 2009
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