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Letters: How decayed communities fell to looting
There has been much focus on the performance of the police during the London riots. But the police are social dustmen. They deal with the results of social problems; they are not a solution.
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What a good idea the Localism Bill sounded (Letters, 28 July). An end to centrally imposed housing quotas; the empowering of communities to plan for their own futures. But the more detail has emerged, the more the underlying agenda has become plain for all to see: a cynical and sleazy betrayal of our countryside, which must be sacrificed on the altar of short-term economic growth, irrespective of the environmental and social consequences.
IoS letters, emails & online postings (07 August 2011)
Sunday, 7 August 2011
I read A C Grayling's advocacy for a global gun ban in the mid-day heat at a petrol station less than 100 miles from the South Sudan border and a few miles from home ("What would this man be without a gun?", 31 July).
Letters: Perspectives on Sharia law in Britain
Friday, 5 August 2011
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Thursday, 4 August 2011
Letters: Do we really need to cut the national thirst for alcoholic drinks?
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
The horror at the inclusion of representatives of the drinks industry on the Government's working group on alcohol (leading article, 1 August), illustrates two assumptions, one undesirable and the other questionable.
Letters: Longer tours of duty could mean worse risks to troops' mental health
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
You report that some British military units are likely to be required to serve tours in Afghanistan of 12 months rather than six (1 August).
Letters: University application reform
Monday, 1 August 2011
Reform would take some of the strain out of applying for university.
IoS letters, emails & online postings (31 July 2011)
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Donating to crisis appeals such as your Give a Day's Pay appeal for Somalia is extremely important, and saves lives.
Columnist Comments
• Christina Patterson: We can't deny that race plays a part
Too many black men have been killed by the police. This is not the cause of these riots, but it's in the mix
• Mary Dejevsky: Slow down – and get things done
France's measured purpose married to local ambition that plans on a modest scale is something we could learn from
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