Author: Guardian Staff

Costly tunnel vision over Stonehenge | Brief letters

Costly tunnel vision over Stonehenge | Brief letters

If the Department for Transport can afford to spend £1.7bn on a tunnel just to obstruct the view of Stonehenge, then why not use the funds to address more pressing issues such as the poor state of Britain’s roads? This was the suggestion made by Pete Lavender, a resident of Nottingham and critic of the… Continue reading Costly tunnel vision over Stonehenge | Brief letters

Don’t boil your cabbages twice, Nadine Dorries | Brief letters

Don’t boil your cabbages twice, Nadine Dorries | Brief letters

In a letter to The Guardian, Charles Osborne of Prague criticized Conservative MP Nadine Dorries for her condemnation of the “entitled elite” while simultaneously complaining that she had not been given a title. Osborne argues that this lack of self-awareness is a defining characteristic of many Tories, and suggests that Dorries takes heed of the… Continue reading Don’t boil your cabbages twice, Nadine Dorries | Brief letters