Letters

Dear Editor,

As your Burnley MEP, I was saddened to hear of the case of the heroin addicted mother who was jailed for child neglect after her son ingested the drug.

Sadly this is just another symptom of successive governments being soft on drugs and not addressing the harsh reality of the suffering that drugs create.

Drugs, and especially heroin, fuel rising crime rates, destroy families, overburden the struggling NHS and cost lives. We need to get a hold of the problem of drugs, including the entry level drugs such as cannabis by having tougher sentences for the dealers and importers.

Yours faithfully

Paul Nuttall,

Dear Editor,

I was dismayed to see that complaints about NHS care are at a record high but sadly not surprised.

I fear that the level of complaints will continue to rise. The whole nursing profession has changed from simple caring and dedication to university led theory and box ticking.

And thanks to the EU Working Time Directive hospital doctors do not get as much training as formerly and often follow patient care through.

GPs now do less hours for more money and many receptionists seem to exist only to protect the doctors from patients.

There are, of course, many many doctors who provide a fantastic service and nurses who really do want to nurse. But ‘trust me I’m a doctor’ sadly has a hollow ring these days.

Yours faithfully

Paul Nuttall, UK Independence Party, North West MEP

Dear Editor,

Euro MP Chris Davies is deluded as ever if he honestly believes anything British MEPs say or do will have any effect on EU decisions.

He criticises UKIP, and me in particular, for failing to attend European parliamentary sessions very often, saying, ‘you can’t stand up for Britain’s interests if you are not present when votes take place’.

You could attempt to stand up for Britain at each and every session but this bureaucratic monolith is on a mission to control all the member states and does not allow dissent.

When I stood for election I made it quite clear that I intended to attend plenary sessions on the absolute minimum of occasions and instead use the resources afforded to me by my MEP status to fight to get Britain out of the EU.

Interestingly the UK Independence Party came second in the European elections – beating Labour – so our views plainly touched a major chord with the electorate.

Chris Davies does not stand up for British interests. He is all in favour of the European Project and wants further and further integration and less and less British sovereignty. He is also happily collecting his 300 Euro daily allowance just for turning up.

Yours faithfully

Paul Nuttall, UK Independence Party, North West MEP

Dear Editor,

I was disgusted to hear of the early release of Francesca Raby, who was convicted of a vicious and brutal assault on Katie McNamara in 2008 (Bolton News – August 18).

Violent attackers such as Raby who use knives during a assault need to be given tougher sentences and locked up for its entire term for public protection, and also to restore much needed faith in our criminal prosecution service.

If we are running out of prison spaces to hold these criminals, then surely the solution must be to build more prisons. Isn’t it about time we started protecting the general public instead of the criminals?

Yours faithfully

Paul Nuttall, UK Independence Party, North West MEP

Dear Editor,

I am pleased to read that Oldham is one of the areas taking part in a major campaign to tackle chewing gum litter louts.

Everywhere you go pavements are spattered with the awful stuff and it costs local authorities a fortune to remove it.

I am fearful, however, of how successful this advertising campaign will be. People already know they shouldn’t spit it on the ground and should “bin it” so will these new adverts hit the spot I wonder?

And we know those morons who leave it on seats causing distress and cost to those who later sit there will not change their ways one iota.

Nevertheless I do hope my fears are groundless and that this campaign is a great success for the people of Oldham and those who walk along its streets.

Yours faithfully

Paul Nuttall, UK Independence Party, North West MEP

Dear Editor,

I would like to warn readers about a plan being hatched in the corridors of Brussels which could allow the eurocrats to get their hands on the earnings of British workers.

Next month, the EU’s unelected Budget Commissioner will propose that the EU should have the power to levy taxes for the first time.

I believe that the average British worker should not be forced to pay taxes to an organisation that is already costing this country a staggering £45 million a day in direct contributions.

The idea of EU taxation is not only a frightening development, it is further proof that the mandarins of Brussels are taking advantage of the financial crisis to expand their influence over Member States.

I suggest that this proposal should be jettisoned and the unelected eurocrats sent a message that enough is enough.

Yours faithfully

Paul Nuttall, UK Independence Party, North West MEP

Dear Editor,

I am overjoyed to see that unemployment in Britain has fallen by 49,000 and I hope that this signals the beginning of the end of the recession.

However, I am astonished to see that 77% of all new jobs have been taken up by people who were not born in Britain. Surely this is proof that the policy of uncontrolled immigration, which we effectively have at the moment, has a negative effect on British workers.

I would suggest that it would make more sense for the government to get our own people back into work first, even if this initially requires some tough welfare measures.

Yours faithfully

Paul Nuttall, UK Independence Party, North West MEP