Good riddance to stupid bonfire night bangs
IT is very disturbing to see the much loved horse that was very affected by the firework display.
It could have been more widely publicised, so that the owner could have had the horse in the stables.
I think this is the second case I have read.
I am fed up with fireworks. I read how to keep dogs calm on firework night, but it is not one night. It was pouring with rain on Friday night, but stupid fireworks were going off. All I can hear is bang, bang, bang, bang, very boring, in the pouring rain.
I received no reply from the ignorant government for my letter to restrict bonfire night to a window of four hours, so that animal lovers can then plan for to look after their pets. These fireworks release CO2 into the atmosphere.
Some animals are not concerned about the stupid bangs, and are not affected, but I know thousands are.
It seems like it takes approximately three years for the right honourable people in the halls of Westminster to pass a law. No wonder people are fed up with them. I wish I knew how to set up an online petition, to see how many people agree with me. My IT skills are very limited.
I think the laws that are in place don’t go far enough. I cant see anything good about bang, bang, bang, bang. Good riddance to bonfire night, for another year. Fortunately, new year’s eve, only goes on for a short time. Richard Shurey Penygraig, Tonypandy
Richard Shurey Penygraig, Tonypandy
Take a moment to pause, give thanks
REMEMBRANCE is always a poignant time of year – but this year it takes on special significance – as we mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.
Across south Wales – we have seen many communities display poppies on lampposts to show their respect. This somewhat simple gesture does a great deal to make us reflect – and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
The ladies at Cowbridge Quilters – too – have done a fantastic job in creating a commemorative quilt – embroidered with the names of all the town’s fallen.
The work the Royal British Legion does often goes unnoticed – and takes place all year round – so I’d like to take this opportunity to thank them for all they do. I will be paying my respects this year at the Cenotaph in Cowbridge – and I would urge everyone to take a moment to pause – and thank those who gave their lives to secure our freedoms. Andrew RT Davies AM South Wales Central AM
No moral values for warped minds
IN a modern civilization, everything of true value depends completely upon taxes paid to the Government, the devotion of the doctor, the courage of the policeman and the fireman, the commitment of the teacher, male and female in each profession.
But the warped mind of the Conservative voter is incapable ever to find these moral values. The Tory voters insisted on low taxes, and we have all seen the consequences of this Government’s deliberate policies, fewer policemen and more criminals to rob us all, who are so happy, paying less tax and multiplying the number of children turning to a whole life of crime, which community policemen and policewomen might have saved. The Serious Crime Squad might have incarcerated more adults.
You have to be inordinately stupid to support such short-sighted policies. If you have any patriotic desire to build a better Britain, then you should see that the public investment from taxes, is the only possible method, to improve health, education, honesty and every other social virtue throughout the nation, while Tory blindness has already increased the income of gangsters, drug dealers, thieves and computer fraudsters, at the expense of honest citizens. These are facts which cannot be denied now, after it has happened, but citizens possessing ethical beliefs could never think like that in the first place. Is it possible to change Tory thinking?
An honourable, honest society, based upon higher standards of belief for the next generation, is also a much more efficient society, worthy of respect, in every detail. CN Westerman Brynna
I am fed up with fireworks
Protect our food from Trump
DONALD Trump is piling on the pressure for the UK to scrap the rules that keep our food safe. He’s threatening to drop a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK unless we “eliminate” the standards that protect us like the rules against selling contaminated food.
Right now, a new law is being discussed in Parliament which could protect us all from watered-down food rules. But the law will only pass if enough MPs back it. If thousands of us sign a huge petition now, MPs will know the public expects them to back the law that would protect our food from Trump’s American imports. Andrew Nutt Bargoed
Protesting about sports strategy
ON November 3, over 200 members of the public took to the streets of Blackwood and marched along the high street in protest to the sports strategy put forward by Caerphilly council.
People of Blackwood and surrounding villages have once again shown they will be heard, even after the leader of the council, David Pool, gave out a statement to scare protesters away from marching, siting they have no public liability insurance or acquired the relevant road closures requests.
Not often do you see Chris Evans MP, Lord Touhig and Lord Kinnock turning up to a rally fought on local council level, but this is exactly what we saw. Chris Evans said, “Once those community assets are gone, they are gone forever!” Lord Touhig said, “They can’t say now it’s the talkative few, can they? This is the community.” This was followed up with words from Lord Kinnock, “They were built by the community, in response to real demand.”
Multiple of other councillors, leader of the opposition party and independent councillors spoke, also a few members of the public taking
to the mike with their concerns.
This has all come about days after the regeneration and environment scrutiny committee had received a motion from Kevin Etheridge.
This motion was voted on and it was a unanimous decision that they will recommend the Cabinet to take the sports and leisure strategy (SARS) to the full council to discuss the future among the 73 members of council instead of the nine members who make up the cabinet.
There is a special meeting being held on November 8 of the regeneration and environment committee and then Cabinet will be meeting on November 14 to discuss SARS and hopefully accept the request from the scrutiny committee.
I hope now, David Pool will listen! G James Cefn Fforest
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