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Letter from David Collins
3:53pm Wednesday 14th May 2008
I believe that we, the electorate, should be asking ourselves how much longer we going to put up with Gordon Brown's dithering mistakes and bungles.
We have a situation whereby members of Her Majesty's Government have rebelled against this wholly unfair tax.
But has it been quashed? No.
They have again dithered and cobbled together a variety of further errors which results in the poorer sections of society yet again paying more tax.
How are people on low incomes and pensions going to be able to maintain their current lifestyle.
Pensioners have paid all their lives for their pensions yet due to this totally inept former Chancellor we are yet again being penalised.
The man should have the courage to resign and moreover let the country decide who should rule and regulate this so called United Kingdom.
In the words of a former minister he is Not Fit for Purpose.
David Collins Blake Crescent Swindon
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A HISTORIAN is hoping the public can offer more information about the Swindon railway works for his latest book.
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Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott was faced with an emotional dilemma in a recent episode of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? Having traced one line of his ancestry to great-great-great grandmother, Catherine Smith, born into slavery in 1831, he then discovered a shocking piece of evidence. A different branch of his family tree led to great-great-grandfather James Gordon Harriott, white man and slave owner.
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In my previous article I mentioned that a pageant took place in 1925 to celebrate 100 years of the railway. The GWR had to mock up the North Star to show off its history. However, after the pageant there was much talk about saving some locos for future generations to enjoy.
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