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Letter of the week
Dear Editor
I am well acquainted with the long, dark nighttime of the soul. I recognise the symptoms. I also recognise some of the most common causes. I refer to Kathy’s ‘Week in Review’.
I decided years ago that I would support anyone who was decent and kicking the ball in roughly the right direction. This is a policy directly opposite to an ideological purity that will not tolerate any deviation from its narrow, dogmatic obsessions nor its certainty of being right. What does that remind me of? Anyway, it means I would support them despite their condemnation of me. That this happens within the body of dissenters is a distressing fact, but not a reason for despair.
Why carry on when even the first tender flickering flames of progress have cold water poured upon them by one’s own side? I know, I know; I am used to friendly fire from those who will only ever be negative. One asks oneself, what is the point? Is it for these ingrates one continues the fight?
There is an answer, and it has no refutation. It is because to stay silent and do nothing is to be complicit, and that is absolutely unacceptable. It is nothing to do with success, as wonderfully encouraging as the rampage of Trump and Musk through the ‘liberal’ strongholds has been. It has nothing to do with success, or appreciation. It is because it is right.
Need I quote Kipling’s ‘If’ here? No, I hear you already reciting it in your head.
Nevertheless, I too am a little worried about Farage, but for very different reasons. I’m afraid he’ll be assassinated. I can’t see the security services busting a gut to protect him, and the opposition is going to become desperate.
Yes, I too listened to that David Betz podcast. He is not the first to predict civil war, nor to itemise the litany of underlying reasons that make such predictions temptingly credible. However, I think he is wrong. It is important to believe him incorrect because these things can be self-fulfilling prophesies. He is wrong, because we have an emerging democratic way forward, though it does indeed require Reform to propose a radical reform agenda soon, exactly as Kathy says. He is wrong, because outlets like TCW provide an important safety valve. Do not underestimate the importance of sounding off!
So, let’s hear it for TCW, Kathy Gyngell, and all the others who choose vocal dissent rather than complicity. It has nothing to do with success. That is in the hands of others.
Rick Bradford
Gray today, gone tomorrow
Dear Editor
In June 2024, Neil Gray, the Scottish Government Health Secretary, was warned that NHS Fife may have acted illegally by allowing transgender Dr Beth Upton to use a female changing room.
This warning was sent directly to Neil Gray by the lawyer acting for Nurse Sandie Peddie. This was a serious matter with serious consequences if not handled properly, but Neil Gray passed the matter on to the board at NHS Fife, resulting in the current mess and expensive legal proceedings. It is possible that Mr Gray was extremely busy at the time, riding around in limousines and taking in as many sporting events as his schedule would allow.
His negligence has meant that the legal costs of this case and possible compensation to Nurse Peddie are escalating. If, as many suspect, Nurse Sandie Peddie wins her case for sexual harassment, harassment related to a protected belief, indirect discrimination and victimisation, Gray should resign. Pity there is no recall petition so far in Scotland.
Clark Cross
Linlithgow
Miliband’s shaky definition of ‘short term’
Dear Editor
Mr Miliband says that electricity costs will rise only in the short term, due to Net Zero.
However, the National Grid estimates that it will cost £3trillion to decarbonise the grid by 2030, i.e. around £100,000 per household.
Assuming green levies of £200 per annum per household, it will take around 500 years to pay off the capital cost of Net Zero.
Is that what Miliband calls short term?
Roger J Arthur
Hollybank
The welcome surprise of JD Vance
Dear Editor
I don’t think anyone assumed, when named, that JD Vance would be the hero of the Trump administration. Perhaps neither did Trump?
In any case, we need one of his kind here in the UK. I don’t hold my breath, but we can always hope.
Joan Bailey
London
Truth, Transparency and Time
Dear Editor
‘There’s a new sheriff in town’ was the message from JD Vance in Munich. What is equally important is that that the new sheriff has appointed some very capable deputies. While one huffed and puffed and sent the little pigs running in tears as their house of sticks fell down, another was preparing his introductory speech to the staff of Health and Human Services in the US.
Robert Kennedy had one major theme in his message. Truth and Transparency must be the basis of all decisions in healthcare. Data will be released, re-examined and, if necessary, action will be taken based on the true science without bias. What could possibly be wrong with that? The MSM could not understand so simple a message.
Questions need to be asked and answered. The catastrophic surge in autism over the last three decades may have several causes, but it is an accepted fact. One of the possible causes is the reaction of a developing brain to the onslaught of multiple vaccinations, possibly at too early a stage in life. This subject is taboo in the medical profession and roundly rejected as, yes, ‘anti-vax conspiracy theory’. The treatment given to Dr Andrew Wakefield for raising the possibility ensured that it would be, but at last, questions are going to be asked and data made available. What if damaging the brain of a baby actually is more likely to be the outcome of an MMR vaccination than the damage from a measles infection? Will doctors be able to accept the data after a life of believing that vax is good?
The dam is already breaking on the mRNA genetic treatment inflicted upon the world. Doctors are less ‘baffled’ by the surge in cancers, and what was warned of years ago by the real experts, such as Professor Dalgleish, is now fact, although the true cause is not accepted despite the causality test (Bradford Hill criteria) being met. What is starting to emerge is the soaring death rate from kidney failure. It is proven that all organs may produce spike protein following boosters and the kidneys are not an exception. Is it coincidence that the organ which must rid the body of the product of the many boosters (i.e. spike protein), while simultaneously having to produce it, is being damaged? Perhaps, the earlier admission that myocardial damage is often a result of these jabs was nothing but a ‘limited hangout’, as seems to be the modern term for a partial admission to draw attention from the true issues. I personally knew two individuals who have died since the turn of this year of kidney failure. Both had other health issues, but renal problems were never one of them.
The direction of travel is set. What is known already, thanks entirely to a small number of individuals who have fought, often in courts, for the truth to be known, is that there is a considerable case to answer. When forced to accept, if it is shown that medicine has been driven by deception and lies for decades, that doctors may have spent their entire career possibly causing more harm than good by slavishly following guidance, how will they react? If it is shown that their best efforts have contributed to the death of millions worldwide, and sickness and severe damage destroying the lives of hundreds of millions, how can doctors come to terms with this? Would denial be the only option? Will they simply ‘get the wagons into a circle’ while the Indians fire arrows, as they have done for the last few years?
Of course, this may be nothing but speculation. We must wait for the science, trust what is says, and act upon it. Truth and Transparency is all that anyone wants. It may be wise to think and prepare for the possible outcomes.
J Tumilty
County Durham
The UK is in the shadow of a political colossus
Dear Editor
Another week ends and we are yet again wondering why we don’t have the straight-talking, truth-exposing politicians in the UK that seem to be capturing everyone’s imaginations over in the US. At least we have TCW to keep us going until we join their ranks. We will, won’t we?
Barbara Knight
Kettering
