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Our local canal in Shirley ( Grand Union ) has had a large fish kill unfortunately, so not an isolated incident. G.T.

COVID discussions featured ‘experts ‘ on panels who could not decide on ‘ total lockdown for indeterminated times scale’or no lockdown at all. You couldn’t have a more divided view bearing in mind these ‘professors’ were working with the same information. That was my point. Professor Van-Tam at...

Awful as the sewerage overflow scandal is I wonder if it is ‘ small beer’ compared to the pesticides and other farm related issues that are killing the aquatic life in our rivers? G.T.

Roll on June 16th…… G.T.

I think when you said….’ Well said ‘ to Ash’s comment. No offence intended but I thought that meant that you were agreeing with him…… G.T.

I am not an economist but I can’t help but wonder why no governments worldwide agree with your printing endless money being the answer to sound fiscal management . You could always follow Zimbabwe and use a $100,000,000,000,000 note to buy some milk…… G.T.

To resolve all the issues will take BILLIONS and a considerable amount of time. Only by taxation will this amount of money be raised. Will the ‘ general public ‘ sanction this. I very much doubt it. They will support it ‘in theory’ but no further I’m afraid. G.T.

Exactly…….

I am all for a plan but not one without any predicted costs ( though I accept these always ‘go through the roof’ ) or no example worldwide where this system actually works. After COVID my belief in the validity of ‘professors’ credentials took a downward hit I’m afraid when it soon became...

It’s not ‘new’ is it….. In 1908 the the New Scientist offered an ‘ illustrated guide to Britains unspeakable beaches’. Sorry for the history lesson guys but I am learning more every day and what is glaring obvious is that this is all about money ( of course) and that the bottom line is really...

And here’s the thing……Scottish Water is a nationalised industry and it’s water quality is hardly monitored which is apparently the same in France and Spain ( who are Nationalised industries also ). Labour have apparently said that they have no plans to nationalise water or energy companies...

You are right Bill. My daft old bint fills ours up with food! You couldn’t make it up…..😉 G.T.

Listening to Kier this morning he wouldn’t even promise to pay nurses more if he was in government so maybe not the most convincing advocate on anything…..

It is time taxpayers were given the opportunity to fund our water companies properly. They need to pay the hundreds ( or thousands ) more a year to bring the Sewerage system out of the Victorian age. If this sector is nationalised ( and I’m not against this ) it will require the same massive...

An ecological vandal with no respect for the law. He should have been made to serve the full 12 months of his sentence. Hopefully this is just the start of a new approach to ALL individuals and organisations who ride roughshod through our Countryside . Regards, G.T.

Unfortunately an idiot is still an idiot whether he goes fishing or not. Eventually someone from the council will ban fishing there and these ‘characters’ will disperse to other venues and ruin them. This is another reason that anglers tend to be a little secretive about where they are catching...

The problem here is that you SHOULD be right regarding privatisation. In practice, ‘ old ‘un’s’ like me can actually remember how inefficient the old nationalised businesses were. I only have to remember the railways ,who many now think should go back to being nationalised, they were just a...

The problem here is that the public will support clean rivers but will balk at actually paying more money to build the the proper resources to do it. Making the company CEO’s responsible is the only way forward that I can see and I don’t see much appetite for that. At least the media are talking...

I am absolutely sure that if I was to have a determined ‘rummage’ in my loft then I would find rods and reels that I have never used and ( worse ) that I have long forgotten I have. This tells me that I actually don’t need any more ( yet🤪🤦‍♂️ ). G.T.

Warwickshire Avon again….fishing a new area with the river 2 feet up and coloured. I was ‘swim hopping’, giving each swim a couple of hours and then moving if nothing happened…..just as I was preparing to move a large Barbel porpoised right under my rod top……I bought my bait closer in to just...