Hinterfragen: asking questions.
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A Taxation Paradigm
### Letter to The Guardian, 22nd November 2024 ### Dear Editor, I read Polly Toynbee’s article on the farmer’s protest against inheritance tax (The Guardian, 22nd Nov 2024, link below) and found the “default comparison” between “rich and poor” not sitting well with me … Yes, there certainly are some very rich farmers but surely…
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Last Gasp
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 19th November 2024 ### Dear Editor, I read Simon Tisdall’s piece on Joe Biden’s “Last-gasp Missile Decision” (The Guardian, 18th November 2024, link below) with a very heavy heart … We all know that in two months Donald Trump will be in the white house and will (apparently) be…
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Low Ebb
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 18th November 2024 ### Dear Editor, I read Pjotr Sauer and Dan Sabbagh’s article on the approval by Joe Biden for strikes deep within Russia using US ATACMS-missiles (The Guardian, 18th November 2024, link below) and find this very disturbing. The article outlines the political, diplomatic and military implications…
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Goodies and Baddies
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 16th November 2024 ### Dear Editor, So Trump is on his way to the Whitehouse and I too view this with some trepidation. But if we have divided the world into “Baddies” (Trump & Co.) and “Goodies” (the rest), the “Goodies” need to show that they really are living…
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Comfort Blanket
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 14th November 2024 ### Dear Editor, I read your editorial on the the Baku COP-talks (The Guardian, 12th Nov 2024, link below) and agree with Antonio Guterres that the world seems to be engaged in a “masterclass of climate destruction”. Unfortunately the COP-talks seem to be caught up in…
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What’s not to like?
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 25th October 2024 ### Dear Editor, I was fascinated by Julian Coman’s article on Sahra Wagenknecht’s party, BSW (The Guardian, 24th October 2024, link below). I agree with the points made but Mr Coman’s conclusion grated somewhat: His assessment “What’s not to like? Well, quite a lot, it turns…
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Money, Technology and Unicorns
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 25th October 2024 ### Dear Editor, So the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) tells us that the world is on track to fall far short of its emissions reductions targets (Report by Damian Carrington, The Guardian, 24th October 2024, link below). That doesn’t surprise me as I don’t see…
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Forever Chemicals … and fluff and dust
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 22.10.2024 ### Dear Editor, I found myself nodding all the way through Prof. Caan’s letter on tackling PFAS, “forever chemicals”. Bravo to him! Indeed, I have just read Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent Spring” and it leaves me gobsmacked that we are still liberally emitting similar noxious substances (PFAS…
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COP29
### Reader’s letter to The Observer, 15th October 2024 ### Dear Editor, I read your editorial last Sunday (The Observer, Sunday 13th October, link below) and agree with most of the points that you make. But I strongly disagree that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) should be viewed as a viable solution: This technology is…
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29.7%
### Reader’s Letter to The Guardian, 3rd October 2024 ### Dear Editor, For a long time now I have been massively bemused by Germany’s dogmatic support for Israel: Yes, Israel did suffer horrific aggression on 7th October 2023 but the continued reluctance of both German politicians and media to comment objectively on the on-going blood-bath…
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