Bin bags are a health hazard

At this time, when most people are confined to their homes, they also have to provide all their own meals, or get cooked food delivered to them. This situation means that far more refuse is being generated at home, a particular problem for multioccupancy houses. The evidence for this is the extra number of refuse bags being left outside the wheelie bins, deposited in amenity waste bins, or sadly just being dumped around the district. To counteract this the city council should instruct Serco to collect these extra bags while the current crisis continues, as they are becoming a public health hazard.

On the subject of the proposed charge for the collection of garden waste, my son, who lives in Haywards Heath, has always had to pay for this service, the current charge being £48 per annum. Unlike the essential general and recycled waste collections, many people do not need to use this garden waste service, so it only a charge on those who prefer the convenience of using the council service, rather than make their own provision.

Queens Avenue, Canterbury the news, though that might be a coincidence of course. Yesterday I saw a very elderly man with a stick slowly walking down the street and so many people brushed passed him, no one gave him space. My neighbour who is a key worker, so has been getting the train to the hospital, says that now people come and sit next to her on the train so she has to move, and her colleagues say the same.

Is anyone “in charge” doing anything about it?

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period allowed for talks in order that we will be tied into their restrictive systems for much longer.

So far the UK government has treated them with the contempt they deserve and I trust that this will continue to be the case, as to retreat over fishing rights would be to betray those working in one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, to extend the negotiating period into 2021 would render us liable for the massive demands for payments the Brussels bureaucrats are proposing for the future, and leaving the members of their very own Juke Box Jury, masquerading as the European Court of Justice, interfering in our affairs, would make it impossible for us to conclude trade deals with other nations around the world.

All this would render Brexit nothing more than a hollow shell. As far as his assertion about going it alone is concerned this is risible, as we continue to be the centre of the Commonwealth, the fountainhead of the Anglosphere and the world language, and the possessor of historical commercial links around the world.

The potential of trade with the USA, India, Australia,south Africa, etc, makes clear that the negative trade balance we experience with the EU is something without which we can manage very well.

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■ It appears that Mr Armstrong is the spokesman for the siren voices of the Remainers in suggesting a further extension to the transition period.

He omitted to mention that this would require further substantial payments to the EU while continuing to obey whatever rules are introduced and, of course, we would have no say in EU matters.

He also ignored the financial problems facing the EU which we might be expected to contribute to.

Bearing in mind that this country is facing a trade deficit with Europe, common sense would dictate that a realistic trade agreement would be to the advantage of both parties, however, it does seem that M. Barnier and his associates are more intent on trying to punish this country for having the effrontery to wish to leave the undemocratic and protective organisation they control. We cannot continue to deny the British public the result they voted for four years ago.

A. J. Cozens

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