Labour will not bring in vital new investment
SHOULD Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnall make it to No 10 Downing Street, what encouragement would foreign business entrepreneurs etc have to invest in UK?
This at a time when the country needs to encourage overseas trade.
The shadow cabinet appears hell bent on declaring economic suicide on the British economy
Forcing companies into additional taxation and mass nationalisation will do untold damage to the country. Harvey Pickford, Handforth
May showing her backbone
WHILE I am by no means a fan of Theresa May’s Chequers proposal, she has my full admiration for standing up to the bully boys of the EU.
Her speech following the Salzburg summit meeting was a masterclass in the British at their best, demonstrating calm dignity and firmly pointing out that she has treated the EU with respect and was entitled to expect the same.
Of course, the bureaucrats are not treating us with respect as our decision to break free from their ruthless control is unravelling their great project, albeit it has always been destined to fail eventually.
It was good to be reassured that our prime minister really is fighting for Britain and the desires of the 17.4 million people who voted for leaving.
We cannot give into pressure from the enemy inside or outside our shores.
The clock is ticking and Mrs May has to maintain the determination and backbone she demonstrated at last Friday. But for Brexit to mean Brexit, as she herself describes it, she needs to ditch Chequers and go for a Canada plus deal. That way she will ensure we get our freedom back.
With a Canada style deal we can negotiate our own trade deals with whoever and wherever we wish and will have the ability to control our borders and make our own laws.
Frankly, it is not hardly asking for anything unreasonable. Phil Griffiths
Will MPs be paying too?
LABOUR says they plan to tax second homes to reduce the housing crisis. It could certainly help but would it include MPs’ second and third homes, paid for by the public in areas and prices well out of reach of the ordinary people? Phil Meakin, Salford
Don’t punish India for this
A CORRESPONDENT complains about the UK passing Foreign Aid to India who leave families on the streets and yet have a ‘space program (M.E.N. Viewpoints, September 22).
I agree this needs looking at but perhaps their complaint is not so much informed by their own experience as the Daily Express of September 2.
The Express has been running a Stop The Foreign Aid Madness campaign and acting as cheerleader for some Tory MPs.
In fairness, a couple of points in the Express article need to be shared:
India gives out more foreign aid than it receives. The ‘space program’ in question is more modest than this sounds. It is to land a robot on the moon and costs less than the proposed aid.
Of course, India should be looking after it’s poorest; but the figures given suggest this moon project will cost just over 41p. for each of them – an investment likely to reap benefits far beyond this sacrifice.
As we all know, the spin-offs from space technologies are marvellous and India probably will recoup much more than it invests in this.
In addition, it is asserting its stature against China.
It is not as a former ‘colony’ of our empire (as the Express sees it); it is a superpower.
Indian scientists have long been at the forefront in astronomy, physics and engineering and this project will provide an alternative to the brain-drain to the USA.
Perhaps we should do the same! J Bull, Manchester
Empty seats now at United
I WAS pleased to see Manchester United lose on penalties to Derby County in the Carabou Cup.
I was amused to see the ball being knocked high and long through the air on plan ‘B’ trying to get back in the game, but, most of all; so many empty seats long before the end of the match.
Perhaps Manchester City fans should call Old Trafford empty Trafford? D Bagnall Manchester