This has the appearance of Soviet-era control

THE behaviour of our elected representatives sometimes beggars belief.

Am I the only one to be struck by the preposterous photo on February 18’s front page of council leader Lynne Doherty posed with her ‘Covid marshals’ in Northbrook Street looking like some Soviet-era Komissar?

No doubt the NWN photographer thought it was an amusing shot, but Ms Doherty should have had more sense than to have taken part in this way, including wearing a mask, which is not required outdoors.

Are we so far away from reporting our neighbours for harbouring enemies of the state in their attic?

KEITH BENJAMIN

Stoney Lane

Ashmore Green

ENGLAND cricketers are battered by India in two days of a five-day Test match. Do they hurry to the nets to put things right? No way.

Instead, they line up like crows on a telephone wire, squawking ‘there’s nothing wrong with us, it’s those rotten pitches!”

The pitch, of course, on which India won by 10 wickets. Yes, exactly the same pitch! And the critical chorus then incredibly switched to the third umpire in the stands for not taking more time to study dubious on-field decisions.

Two days later, England’s elephantine rugby giants are battered 40-24 by Wales, their highest score ever recorded over them in Wales.

Again, instead of accepting they were hammered by a real rugby team, they blamed the referee.

And, just like their cricket counterparts, had a right dig at the TMO in the stands, apparently claiming that he had an Aunt Blodwen in Bonymaen.

What is it with England’s arrogant, overrated sportsmen? When will they learn to credit the opposition for being better on the day?

Whinge! Whinge! Whinge!

You’ll have gathered by now that we are two proud Welshman, who know how to celebrate victory, and accept defeat. BRIAN RADFORD AND MARTIN EVANS

Newbury