28 Daily Express Thursday, August 8, 2019
DX1ST21 years ago (1998)
We revealed the aftermath of
the terrorist attacks on the
US embassies in Nairobi,
Kenya and Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania as a team of 25
British troops helped pull
survivors from the rubble.
The bombs killed 212 and
brought al-Qaeda to the
world’s attention. Its leader
Osama bin Laden was put on
the FBI’s 10 most-wanted
fugitives list.56 years ago (1963)
The Great Train Robbers
ambushed the Glasgow-to-
London mail train at
Bridego Railway Bridge in
Buckinghamshire, stealing
£2.6million in used
banknotes.
Armed with iron bars,
they attacked driver Jack
Mills before uncoupling the
engine and the first two
carriages and unloading
120 bags of money into a
waiting lorry.45 years ago (1974)
US President Richard Nixon
announced his resignation
over the Watergate scandal.
The President was facing
impeachment after his
administration was implicated
in a break-in at the
Democratic National
Committee headquarters and
an attempted cover-up.TODAY: Thursday
August 8, 2019ON THIS DAY
BIRTHDAYS
TODAY’S GIGGLE
Who are the coolest blokes
at the hospital?
The ultrasound guys!Tootsie star
Dustin
Hoffman is- He was
named after
the silent
movie actor
Dustin
Farnum. U2
guitarist Dave
“The Edge”
Evans is 58.
His first
electric guitar
was made by
his brother.
Princess
Beatrice is 31.
She is ninth in
line to the
throne. Tennis
star Roger
Federer is 38.
He was a
vegan until the
age of 14.
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Letter of the day
Brussels will never make
it easy to leave their cabal
THE day this country decided to
exit the EU it was obvious to
anyone with an ounce of
intelligence that Brussels would not
allow Britain to leave on easy terms
(“We must stand up to Brussels
bureaucrats”, August 7).
On such an important decision all
650 MPs should have come
together and come up with an
answer. They have not. All they do,
in particular the Labour Party, is
to try to gain points to force an
election and where will we be then?
Nowhere different.
The majority voted Leave, then
we must leave, and discuss future
arrangements post-Brexit. To
Remain would be undemocratic. It
seems many MPs have overlooked
the fact that we are a democracy.
Alan Jowdie,
Ashford, Kent
Daily Express puts BBC in
shade over Brexit news
SUCH a joy to read the Daily
Express and its positive attitude
towards Brexit.
I have given the BBC many
chances but now have decided to
stop watching their news
programmes.
A recent edition of the Victoria
Derbyshire show featured four
guests debating what will happen to
companies in the event of a no-deal
Brexit – not one was positive, all
were negative.
They cannot be certain about
what will happen and we definitely
should be given the other side of
the argument. But as usual the BBC
are very biased towards Remain.
Martin Murphy,
Forest Hill, Gtr London
Johnson was on the money
over weekly £350m waste
IT’S about time someone told the
truth about what Boris Johnson
actually said about the £350 million
we give to the EU every week.
Boris said that money would
provide the NHS with a new
hospital every week, not that they
were going to get all the money we
will save.
Do we need a new hospital every
week? Of course not. Boris was just
explaining how much we are
throwing away on the EU.
John Baker,
Exeter
Killer’s sentence proves
justice favours criminals
YOUR letter writer Ashley Smith is
correct, Louise Porton should have
received a whole life tariff for the
murder of her two young daughters
(“Let this evil monster rot behind
bars”, August 6).
Had she committed these terrible
crimes in the US she would
definitely die in prison.
Our justice system, once again,
appears to favour the criminal.
Christine Goodman,
Lissington, Lincs
Charge illegals a taxi fare
if they use our service
WHAT a down-to-earth letter by
David Turner (“Border Force is not
a free ferry service”, August 7). The
Border Force and Coastguard are
supposed to prevent illegal entry
into Britain, not provide a taxi
service with thermal blankets and
cups of hot tea as an extra benefit.
The idea is, or should be, to pick
these illegals up and return them
immediately to France, not offer
them a taxi service into Britain.
If our Border Force and
Coastguard are going to provide a
free taxi service into Britain,
perhaps Uber could take over and
start to charge a fare.
Anthony Todd,
BarnsleyWar veteran couldn’t find
anyone to show passport
THE On This Day item on August 6,
recalling that it was 93 years ago
that the American Gertrude Ederle,
who became the first woman to
swim the English Channel, was
asked by an immigration officer for
her passport, reminded me of a
similar incident experienced by
a Canadian Second World War
veteran who arrived in France a few
years ago to attend a D-Day
commemoration.
The French immigration official
became somewhat irritated as the
elderly veteran was taking some
time to locate his passport.
“Why do you not have yourpassport ready, Monsieur? Have
you not been to France before?”
demanded the testy official.
“Oh yes,” replied the ex-soldier.
“Once before in 1944 but there
wasn’t a Frenchman around to
present my passport to.”
Robert Readman,
BournemouthDenis was no menace but
left after flying the nest
WHEN I lived by the sea in
Cornwall I had a seagull who sat on
my veranda rail every day (I called
him Denis). He was no bother, he
would sit there until I threw him
some bread or he got fed up and
flew off (“Where seagulls dare... a
long, hard look can stop them
snatching chips”, August 7).
After I moved away I emailed my
old neighbours and asked: “What
do your new neighbours think of
Denis?” Their reply: “He emigrated
the day you moved out and we
haven’t seen him since.”
He hasn’t arrived here in the
Midlands yet.
Sheila Howes,
NorthamptonNew Dad’s Army, who do
you think you are kidding?
NEARLY 50 years ago I was a
young lass working at BBC TV inLeeds. One day James Beck, who
played Private Walker in Dad’s
Army, visited the BBC canteen and
bought me a cup of tea. He was
gorgeous, so handsome and
charming with a retinue of adoring
mates. Mathew Horne he was not.
Whose idea was it to replicate
Dad’s Army? It is a classic. The
money should have been spent on
new writers, and how about some
new actors – why not give new
blood a chance? All the people
playing the characters are well
known. How actors starting out get
a chance now, I have no idea.
Lydia Taylor,
Stanmore, Gtr LondonMotorway service prices
add fuel to the flames
ON a recent trip to Scotland from
Norfolk to see my daughter and
grandson I decided to stop off at
the Southwaite Services on the M6
to top up with petrol.
Wrong move. As I pulled up to
the filling station I noted the price,
£1.49 a litre. Needless to say I
drove on and a few miles up the
road I stopped off in Carlisle at a
Tesco filling station and paid £1.25.
How do these motorway service
stations justify these extortionate
prices? I would love to know.
Derek Thompson,
Great Yarmouth, NorfolkWELL done Boris Johnson for once again
standing up to the EU by telling them they
must back down as regards Theresa May’s
treacherous Withdrawal Agreement (“Boris
tells EU: You must back down”, August 7).
The backstop is nothing but a totally
undemocratic mechanism designed by
Brussels to keep us tied to their bloc.
The people voted to Leave so Boris and his
aide Dominic Cummings are right to stand by
the referendum result rather than be trampled
over because of May’s incompetence.
If the EU doesn’t want to do business then
go for a no-deal Brexit and prorogue
Parliament until we are out. No deal is way
better than a bad, treacherous deal.
Geoffrey Brooking,
Havant, HantsBoris takes
the fight to
EU bullies
TRUE LEADER: Prime Minister Boris JohnsonI SUPPOSE if
you won
£10,000 a
month for the next 30
years then there’s less
chance of you blowing it
all on something stupid
(“I feel sick... I’ve just
won a monthly £10k
prize”, August 7).
Lottery winner Dean
Weymes is literally Set
For Life and I’m gladhe’s had the sense to
quit his job and follow
his dream of becoming a
movie scriptwriter and
help his younger brother
who suffers from autism.
It must be a great
feeling to bank £10,000
a month, there aren’t
many who earn that.
Good on him.
William Tyson,
NottinghamALTHOUGH
winning
£10,000 a
month is very nice, if
I was being picky I’d
rather have it all in one
go (£3.6million) so
I could really enjoy
myself.
After all, you might
get hit by a bus
tomorrow and what use
are decades of monthlypayments to you then?
None, that’s how much.
To be honest, it all
smacks of the nanny
state, doling out fun in
instalments instead of
a massive blowout.
Still, it’s not a problem
I’m likely to have and
Dean Weymes seems
like a level-headed guy.
Becky May,
BrightonNo
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