A spade
Sir, —I agree with Sue Hampton’s Saturday spade. Why is no one willing to call the present ruling party a bunch of “whistling commos”? In South Africa, Australia, Fiji and here trouble has been roused by the commos on ethnic grounds. Wealthoholics are deaf to everything except currency, which is dangerous, not only to themselves, but also to you and I. Why are Government organisations being whistled off so freely to all and sundry? Why can the status quo not be revamped ad made useful again? Even the Queen’shead can no longer appear on our postage stamps since we have no Royal Mail. How much damage will be done before we awake and plumb for democracy and have things run for the people by the people? Even the bread in the supermarkets is cut up for us. How undemocratic! — Yours, etc., G. P. L. BRETHERTON. January 24, 1988.
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