One thinks you protest too much over police powers
RE: Viewpoints, (Bill enhances state power on a weakened society, April 7), it is just the kind of comment one expects from people who believe that they are more intelligent than the rest of us and who are failing to gain support from the majority of the public.
I refer to this insinuation that the new legislation to give the police more powers is aimed specifically at BLM and XR protesters.
How strange that the opposition parties have not picked up on this unfounded accusation.
Also it insults the intelligence of police persons from the black and Asian communities to think that they would not recognise this intention, let alone enforce it.
I will be protesting next month at the ballot box.
The fact that political leaders and parties come and go means nothing is forever. That is democracy.
Jack Haynes, Swinton
Zero carbon? More like zero effort
NAMES of official documents can tell you a lot – especially about what their authors want you to believe.
Your local democracy reporter Niall Griffiths tells us (Council support masterplan for region’s housing, April 7) that the rebranded Greater Manchester Spatial
Framework now goes by the name “Places for Everyone.”
I think the full title might better be “Places for Some People right now, but not for future generations.”
While there are buzzwords about “zero carbon development”, at the end of the article we learn “an expansion of the Global Logistics Hub near Manchester Airport was also proposed”.
So, politicians who’ve done well in the game of economic growth, inward investment and global connectivity want to continue that game, even though the biophysical rules are changing.
Zero carbon? More like zero effort to figure out what is needed not just to drive emissions down, but also to cope with the threats of man-made climate change that “everyone” will face in the decades to come.
Marc Hudson, Editor, Manchester Climate Monthly
Time to break silence
THERE are more than 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, but as a nation we are reluctant to think or talk about it.
Anchor Hanover’s research shows nearly half of the UK (47%) have never had a conversation about dementia with loved ones.
This has been brought into sharp relief by Covid-19, as data shows a decline in the number of diagnoses since the pandemic began.
Dementia has been a taboo too long. It’s time to break the silence.
Our Reframing Dementia guide aims to encourage honest conversations amongst loved ones, so that for anyone who does develop dementia, there’s a plan in place to ensure they can still live their life to the full.
To find out more, please visit: anchorhanover.org.uk/dementia