Daily Mirror - 30.07.2019

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YES

41%

■ As the so-called

Glorious 12th approaches

signalling the start of the

shooting season,

perhaps now would be a

good time for both

Prince William and his

brother Harry, not to

mention dad Prince

Charles, to lead the way

by giving up on this

annual event of wanton

killing. By so doing, they’ll

set a good example for

generations to come.

After all, if you want to

show how clever you are

with a shotgun, what’s

not to like about clay

pigeon shooting?

B Davies, Bury St

Edmunds, Suffolk

■ It’s alarming to

discover that doctors

aren’t been given enough

time to diagnose

patients, which can lead

them to prescribing the

wrong treatment (Mirror,

July 25). It’s intolerable

and there needs to be an

overhaul by the Health

Secretary to alleviate the

burden GPs are faced

with on a daily basis.

Michael Smith

Chatham, Kent

■ What’s the justice

system in our country

coming to? Matthew

Crook, of Blyth, who

admitted causing death

by careless driving, was

given a nine-month

suspended sentence

(Mirror, July 24), which is

less than some people

get for shoplifting.

I think causing death

by careless, dangerous

or drunken driving

should at least be

considered manslaughter.

T Sillett

Collingham, East Mids

Inglorious

pastime

TV licence taken away.

What a way to treat people

who have done so much for

the country. It seems the

Tories have penalised the

elderly in every way

possible since they came to power in

2010. They probably didn’t mean it
      as political suicide, but, traditionally,
      the elderly support the Tories and
      will probably vent their anger come
      the next general election.
      G Legg, Southampton
      ■ So we, the generation that
      survived the Second World War,
      aren’t worthy of the £154-a-
      year cost of our TV licence.
      It’s suggested we apply for
      Pension Credit, which will
      enable us to claim for a free
      one. This Government
      dropped a hot potato
      into the hands of the
      BBC, which cared
      nothing for the
      impact on the lives
      of some of the
      most vulnerable
      people in our
      society. But we’ll
      refuse to pay for
      something we
      feel we have
      earned and are

entitled to for the sacrifices we

made both during the war years and

afterwards.

Brenda and John Prosser, Oxford

■ Like most people over 75, I’m very

annoyed that free TV licences are to

be taken from us with the exception

of those on Pension Credit. Why

punish the over-75s who’ve endured

hardships in their lives? It is time we

were appreciated for our sacrifices.

Jill Rycroft, Hull

■ I’m 78 and just on the borderline

to not qualify for Pension Credit.

How about we stopped paying

all those peers sitting in the

House of Lords £300 a day

just for turning up instead

of taking the free licence

off poor, needy and lonely

pensioners?

P Smith, Sevenoaks,

Kent

■ I want to make it

clear I value the BBC,

but rather than put

the over-75s into

debt to pay for a TV

licence, it should

consider selling

advertising on

some of its stations.

If ITV can do this,

why not the BBC?

Eddie Mottram, Liverpool

TV licence row will

rob Tories of votes

■ There will probably be a general

election before the BBC has a chance

to scrap free TV licences for the

over-75s in June next year.

Unless the Government takes

heed of the excellent Mirror

campaign and takes back responsi-

bility for funding this benefit, this

issue will become the new ‘dementia

tax’ in any election campaign.

In fact, many of those

being forced to pay the fee

will have been diagnosed

with dementia and may be

housebound. Silver Voices

is organising the fightback

from the over-75s, so

contact us through our

website if you want to help –

silvervoices.co.uk.

Dennis Reed, Kendal, Cumbria

■ Could the BBC explain how

means-testing for pensioners is in

any way fair? In fact, it’s insulting.

What about those who are just

below the threshold for Pension

Credits who will have to find

the money?

Means-testing is a very appro-

priate way of putting it – as mean

is just what it is. How can some-

thing so important to the

elderly be dealt with in this

way? It’s about time the

Government took respon-

sibility for breaking its

election promise and

passing the buck to the

BBC with lame excuses

• it’ll cost it a lot of votes
  at the next election
  I’m sure.
  Margaret Cloke
  Dawlish, Devon
  ■ It’s a scandal that the
  over-75s are having the free

Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Lenny Henry are

backing our campaign to save the over-75s’ free

TV licence. Around 3.7 million pensioners may

lose out from next June after the Tories handed

responsibility for the £745m-a-year bill to the

BBC which will means-test the perk. You say...

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of the day

Labour MP David

Lammy on legalising

cannabis – @David

Lammy It cannot be right

that if you are a middle-

class student smoking

cannabis at university

you could become a Tory

leadership candidate, but

if you are poor in

Tottenham or Salford you

face the real risk of

criminalisation. It is time

for legal regulation.

Well done to Lesley Whitehead, of Spital, Wirral, for

this funny caption to our picture of Prince Charles

meeting a pair of 12ft chefs at a food fair in

Tavistock, Devon.

Next week’s photo

shows Boris

Johnson being

congratulated by

dad Stanley on

becoming Prime

Minister. Email or

send your funny

captions to the

address below.

High tea,

Your

Majesty?

Last week’s winner

Today’s picture

T h

Yes. Any half-decent

CEO/commanding officer

takes time to engage with

the employees/troops

when taking the helm, so

why should a new PM be

any different?

TCCAT

No, this is not a good

idea at all. For goodness

sake, save the money!

CHRISTINE HYATT

No. He is spewing the

same old pre-election

lies and promises.

Anyone believing

him is an idiot.

KARLINDA

Boris Johnson plans to spend £100m on a

No Deal public information campaign.

Is the PM right to

spend this money?

No – and when will

all of his supporters

realise that we really

can’t afford this?

MATTHEW FEENEY

Yes. This is good news,

and the sooner Boris can

free the UK from the EU,

the better.

NEIL BLAKELEY

No. That could be

spent on far better

things, such

as the NHS.

LYNN MURPHY

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Vogue moans are

unfair to Meghan

The criticism Meghan Markle is getting

for guest-editing September’s Vogue

magazine is extremely unfair.

Prince Charles has guest-edited Country

Life magazine before and Prince Harry has

done the same on Radio 4.

I don’t like that Vogue is predominantly

for the elite, but at least the Duchess didn’t

insist on putting herself on the front cover.

I think it’s a positive thing she’s done

here – we should give Meghan a break.

K Linton, Derbyshire