11:13am Saturday 6th February 2010
By Reader's letter
AS the next General Election approaches, there are several things that need to be done if we are to maintain the freedoms and way of life that we have fought for over the centuries:
1 Hold the promised referendum as to whether or not we stay in the EU
2 Drastically reduce the number of quangos, bureaucracy and red tape which is strangling enterprise
3 Reintroduce discipline in schools by allowing teachers to punish unruly pupils
4 Deport any Muslim clerics and fanatics who promote terrorism
5 Reduce immigration by 75 per cent
6 Reduce council tax/business rates on village pubs which are closing at an alarming rate but are an amenity, but increase the council tax on houses worth more than, say, £1 million
7 Increase the VAT threshold for small businesses to £100,000
8 Reduce the amount of paperwork the police are forced to complete, allowing them more time to be out on the streets tackling yobs and vandalism, which currently blight many of our cities.
These measures would I feel go some way to improving the situation, but I regret that I cannot see any of the three main parties having the will to implement any of them.
Where is the strong party leader when we really need him/her?
Peter France, North Lane, Wheldrake, York.
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