Selling our values

IT is with great dismay that I watch what can only be described as the beginnings of a global revolution in Hong Kong. We the people of the world who are lucky enough to live in so-called democratic societies should be supporting and encouraging this uprising against mainland China’s iron fist. It is now we have a chance to stop the clandestine spread of the communist party and its disregard for human rights around the globe. I believe that if you remove the smirking face of the modern chairman Mao, Xi Jinping, you will see greed and a lust for power that may even rival Hitler’s. Our politicians and universities (once the bastions of all that was good)

Superior school

RICHARD Weston’s article was well written and contained all the detail and reasons the new Brighton school should be developed in an area that will benefit all those who attend for years to come and become an institution similar to those in other states (“Seize chance to move school farm,” Talking Point, August 2).

As pointed out, moving the school to a superior site should be a no-brainer for education authorities and the State Government. His idea of involving the rural community has great value and those

Warm in wool

NOT being a farmer, but having raised sheep, the Wiltshire ewes came into season of their own accord not because I asked them to keep all four legs crossed for a better season (“Bitter new life for lambs,” Letters, August 9). And with an August/ September birthing, never lost a lamb from the cold because they are born with fleece, not stark naked. “Millions of lambs die” — does Mimi mean every year or over what period? “Don’t buy the wool”? Well, I am not going to buy synthetic fleece that is not biodegradable and without the warmth of wool.