P145 CEEFAX 2 145 Fri 21 Jan 22:14/28 1/8 Send your letters on the main issues of the day to: BBC Ceefax, Room 7540, Television Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ or E-mail Ceefax@bbc.co.uk or fax us on 0208 749 6734 The editor reserves the right to edit/ omit letters. Please give a full address and telephone number (that includes e-mail users). Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Indx Extra Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Fri 21 Jan 22:11/27 2/8 S Finch (18/1) says full nitrification in Britain is what we "all" wanted. But does anyone else remember voting for that? Like all Europhiles, Finch delights in mocking and running down his own nation. The same old question can only be asked again: If this country is so backward and Europe so wonderful, why don't the fanatical Europhiles and metric fans simply go and live there and leave the rest of us in the so-called Dark Ages? SG,Herts Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Indx Extra Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Fri 21 Jan 22:28/11 3/8 A Fairweather (18/1) suggests that people don't contribute enough to the NHS. I pay 9% of my gross wage. On top of that my employers also pay 9%. If you multiply my wife's contribution, and those of my working sons, over 12 months we pay a total of £10,000. Silly me, I thought we paid too much. TB,Bucks Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Indx Extra Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Fri 21 Jan 22:15/14 4/8 Citizens who do not vote have either made a conscious decision not to vote (because they see no merit in any candidate — usually my position) or are disinterested. I would like to see elections include a "virtual" candidate to cater for the former group. It would not surprise me if "virtual" candidates were to win most elections in the UK. WTD,IoN Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Indx Extra Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Fri 21 Jan 22:02/41 5/8 There is certainly no such thing as bad publicity. The Labour and Tory parties have made a total hash of their selection procedures and receive endless coverage. The Lib Dens get it right and are ignored. The media has much to answer for. DS,Beds Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Indx Extra Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Fri 21 Jan 22:06/24 6/8 Apparently Tony Blair was reported as saying that "he will decide when the economic conditions are right for Britain to join the Euro". Wrong, wrong, wrong. The people will decide in a referendum as promised in his manifesto. I wonder when that will be? No sign of it yet. I'm not holding my breath. PB, Surrey Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Indx Extra Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Fri 21 Jan 22:16/10 7/8 The privatised utilities are shedding jobs faster than the leaves in Autumn. Is it simplistic to suggest that sacking large numbers of the workforce will seriously compromise standards of service and, more importantly, safety? I think we should be told, or Government action be taken, before a Paddington-type disaster occurs. LP, W Yours Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Indx Extra Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Fri 21 Jan 22:03/36 8/8 The big topic of discussion and argument right now is the state of the NHS. I know who is to blame, it is the British people. For 18 years, they chose to put tax cuts ahead of proper health funding. Case dismissed, I think. PM, Armagh Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Indx Extra Main Menu