Boris has paved way for our exit from lockdown
MANCHESTER has launched a road map out of lockdown which is down to the sterling work of the NHS vaccination roll out.
Moreover, hats off to Boris Johnson and the Conservative government for getting the vaccination contracts and funding development of the Astra Zeneca vaccine which has helped many Mancunians start the journey back to some level of normalisation.
Indeed, I sincerely hope that Manchester Labour acknowledges the generous furlough programme which has been extended by the chancellor, that has saved many jobs and businesses in the city. We are very fortunate that we have a marvellous Conservative government that is committed to levelling up the North West of England, as Labour would have had us join the awful European Union Vaccines purchase scheme and look how that has turned out.
Well done Boris!
Gerry Diamond, Manchester
Make police villains and society is in trouble
IT is a serious accusation to say that the police started the violence at the Bristol protest.
These many people making these unbiased statements wouldn’t happen to be protesters would they? Also what is the violence used by the police? Is trying to remove people after they’ve been asked to politely leave, violence? Did the police throw items at the protesters or set fire to their vehicles? The lasting image that sticks in my mind is a woman with her contorted face inches from the face of a policeman.
This type of confrontation is unacceptable at any time but during a pandemic it could be classed as assault. Once you start making the police the villains, society is in trouble.
The majority of the police force are normal people just doing a job. We can’t castigate the whole force for the actions of a few bad apples. When Dr Marc Hudson uses the word agitation, is he referring to violence being necessary to achieve one’s goal, as I can’t see what else it could mean?
Jack Haynes, Swinton
How to help hedgehogs
WILD hedgehogs will be waking from hibernation, or have already!
Hedgehogs are becoming active but face numerous risks affecting their already dwindling numbers. We can help in all ways to ensure our future generations are able to see these gentle little animals in the wild.
Check under bushes, compost heaps, leaves and long grass before using strimmers, mowers, spades, forks etc. Netting can cause hedgehogs to become entangled easily, try raising it so they have a gap to move underneath.
Dog attacks are common on hedgehogs and cause horrific injury, try letting your dog out on a lead in the garden at night.
Pesticides are a hazard to hedgehogs and kill them very often as they eat slugs and snails that have ingested the poison.
They face many other risks too such as road traffic accidents. Their natural reaction is to curl up when faced with danger and don’t run away like many other animals.
S Grime, Little Hulton