Your Letters: December 14

To Mr Gough of Wombourne. Just how long have you been suffering from severe amnesia? You talk about, ‘the shower of ordure masquerading as a government!’. 

Shall we compare that to the tsunami of ordure that we received from the last 14 years of Conservative chaos? The destruction of public services in this country, NHS in chaos, local transport in disarray, sleaze from every pore, cronyism resulting in a bill of millions for fallacious PPE, the raising of student fees threefold.

Let’s look at what they did to our water by selling it off to the highest bidders. There’s an awful lot of ordure there now, Mr Gough!

They gave us the catastrophe of Brexit – and for goodness’ sake they even gave us Johnson and Truss as Prime Ministers, surely amongst the worst in history.

Don’t blame this government, blame, I suspect yours, for the appalling mess they left this country in.

Tim Wasdell, Shifnal

LABOUR'S 'PLAN FOR CHANGE'

Just in case you missed the Labour Relaunch – sorry Plan For Change – on December 5, here are the main points:

• There will be a lot more talking about how well the government is doing, more focus groups, and a lot more talking.
• Look out for numerous initiatives being announced every Saturday to be discussed earnestly every Sunday on all the political programmes and forgot about on Monday (copyright 1997 Tony Blair).
• Never talk about illegal immigration in detail, keep it general when commenting on it like any good politician, especially if you don't have a plan or a clue how to deal with the situation.

Peter Steggles, Rushbury

HELP THE NSPCC WITH WORD TAG

When a child learns to read, it opens up a whole world of opportunities for them and often allows them to escape daily problems through their imagination.

In December, Mrs Wordsmith’s Word Tag app has pledged to donate all proceeds from subscriptions to the NSPCC. The majority of the children’s charity’s income comes from donations from the general public and partnerships such as these. Word Tag is designed to teach children new words and improve their reading skills. Aimed at seven to 13-year-olds, 20 minutes of play on the app each day can help children learn up to 1,000 new words a year.​

This great partnership will raise funds for vital NSPCC services like Childline, while also promoting a game that will help children learn to read – something young people tell us they use to escape difficult elements of their life.

Visit mrswordsmith.com to find out more or sign up to the Word Tag app.

Tom Crompton, NSPCC

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