Does the Council care about town’s heritage?

FURTHER to my letter of August 10, it would appear, from other letters written to the editor, I am not the only person who thinks our council needs a shake-up!

From complaints about wrapping trees and Huddersfield Station’s stately columns in wool, to a Councillor accused of lying about driving buses on undriveable roads, the complaints go on.

What a waste of council tax payer’s money wrapping things in wool, especially when the council is complaining about a lack of funds.

Will an increase in council tax ensue?

Instead of this idiotic suggestion and the bulldozing of the Piazza, perhaps the best bit of Town remaining, wouldn’t the monies be better invested in our libraries, museums and art gallery, thereby saving these cultural places for future generations?

Why was the Councillor, who has been accused of lying, not taken to task? Why was the permission for planning, to build houses at Lepton, not revoked until an investigation had been conducted into this extremely serious matter?

Does this Council actually serve the people of Huddersfield, our heritage and culture or do they have a secret agenda to destroy same?

Instead of just stopping cars parking on Cross Church Street, why don’t they close all the takeaways and move them somewhere less obtrusive, preferably out of town?

This important street would then be available for tasteful shop fronts and rid us of this undeniable eyesore! After all it derives it’s name from the church at the end of the street and should surely look in keeping with this important building and not like something out of Dante’s Inferno!

Isn’t it about time this Council was publicly questioned about it’s intentions for our once highly respected town?

Don’t despair, you’ll get a university place

WHILE I understand that some

A level results are unfair and should be appealed, the fact that results overall are lower than last year will make no difference to the numbers being given places at university.

I say to students do not despair, universities do have to fill the places for each course and will be quite willing to accept lower grades.

We need explanation not more obfuscation

I WONDER if there are people left who still think that Bojo and his gang are the best choice to govern the UK.

We are in a desperately difficult position as a nation; indeed possibly the most dangerous since World War Two.

The country needs clear, strong guidance and leadership. What we have is an absentee Prime Minister, who has led the country into an almost criminal loss of life during the height of the coronavirus outbreak, a “world class” recession, a failure to supply PPE to hard-pressed

NHS and care staff and finally and devastating betrayal of A level students.

Where’s Boris is the cry? On holiday is the answer.

What is his response? Well he decided to come up with a cunning plan to fiddle the figures of those who died as a result of his inadequacy. No doubt someone, probably his mate Dominic Cummings, will come up with more ways to fool us all.

What we need is an explanation, not obfuscation. What we get is a Government that avoids appearing on any news outlet that asks serious questions and political mouthpieces more skilled in avoiding answers than giving them.

Is there any wonder that Tory MPs don’t bother to answer constituents’ questions and concerns when they have such examples set by Johnson?

This is a disgrace but Bojo’s response is to institute press briefings from Number 10 and we all know how truthful they will be.

WE deserve much much better.