Don’t close Castle Hill in the evenings, it’s perfect

I ENJOYED Mick Mellor’s letter about Castle Hill (Feedback, July 1).

We visited Castle Hill one evening a week or so since, the car park was full, there were families having a late picnic, friends meeting up to chat (sitting at a safe distance) dog walkers, lads enjoying a football game and people just enjoying a balmy evening walk.

I didn’t see any trouble and was really pleased to see so many people enjoying themselves on our local landmark.

I agree it might be an idea to close the hill after dark but I don’t think it should be closed on summer evenings when it’s the perfect place for an evening visit, and if the bins were emptied more I’m sure there would not be nearly as much rubbish blowing about. pandemic, and the lockdown regime that followed, we have been repeatedly told, by all the usual suspects, institutions and the mainstream media, that the only way to get back to normal is with a vaccine, precisely echoing the calls of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Given that there is currently neither a vaccine against Covid19 nor any specific, proven, antiviral medication, most treatment will therefore be towards managing systems.

Covid-19 is said to have allegedly impacted 0.1% of the global population, killing less than 0.006%. The WHO’s measure of success for a global vaccine being that it protect 70% of the global population from a disease that doesn’t affect 99.9% of the population – the chances of WHO approval for anything look pretty good.

It is not surprising, then, that vaccine developers are confidently looking forward to a global market and global profits... a cheap, widely available off-patent drug that achieves exactly the same thing as the vaccine must, therefore, be seen as a problem – hydroxychloroquine.

Letter answered questions not asked

I HAVE to confess to being disappointed by Mr McGuin’s reply to my letter it’s less a rebuttal of my argument than a ersatz, home spun philosophy lesson.

I might be forgiven for suggesting that it’s that old politicians trick, of if in doubt, answer a question that wasn’t asked.

The only point he seems to have taken in, is it’s not a good idea to misquote George Orwell, to fit his narrative.

I am not a politician so I will address his points, “you can’t judge how people behave by the standards of today”.

Not an argument with reference to the letter from Mr McGuin.

The LOL sentence (or unattributed quote) has got to be “only a facist totalitarian would possibly think that they know what the truth is or was”, only to be followed by some home truths about liberal educated classes being short-sighted and feeling guilty about Britain’s past.

Mr McGuin attributes none of his accusations to any points made in my letter.

Maybe he sees his reply as an holistic critique to the whole letter.

It seems to me that the main thrust of his argument is summed up by his words “I have always believed in not making value judgements about our countries past”.

The fact is my letter makes no value judgements, it doesn’t need to.

The slave traders were judged by their contemporaries, the abolitionists. I will let the testimony of one of the leading abolitionists make the judgment, her name was Sojourer Truth.