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* WITH the Bill banning hunting with dogs having received the Royal assent, the umbrella group, Countryside Alliance, have said that they will go to the High Court to challenge the Bill that threatens their livelihood.
Some members have stated publicly that they will resort to civil disobedience.
If the Countryside Alliance should resort to civil disobedience, I wonder if Her Majesty's government would deploy the same numbers of police and agents provocateur as were used against the mineworkers when they demonstrated against the loss of their livelihoods.
* I WAS shocked on a recent visit to Kirkdale cemetery to see gravestones dating back to the early 19th century laid on their backs with stickers slapped on them saying they have been deemed unsafe and that it was up to the families who own them to sort out their security at their own expense.
But what if there is no family? Apart from the cemetery looking a sight, surely the council should sort this. We are paying taxes and the cemeteries have no security in them either.
I can see it being made mandatory to be cremated in the future, as it's cheaper for the council.
M. Dunford, Old Swan
* VERY recently my wife and I parked our car at Otterspool prior to a ramble around local beauty spots. On our return we found our car had been broken into and ransacked. We weren't the only ones. This was in broad daylight in a public area.
Driving home, we passed three police vehicles along Aigburth Drive carrying out speed traps.
Who decides priorities? Robbers, coppers and the city council which presides over this mess!
David Gore, Woolton
* I WOULD like to say how impressed I am by Liverpool's Christmas lights. I walked through Church Street last week and was delighted to see all the Christmas lights in the streets.
Needless to say, Church Street itself was madness, and nearly took away my good Christmas cheer - but all the lovely lights restored it again.
P. Melling, Old Swan
* WHY is Ian Huntley being given the oxygen of publicity for his new claims? ('Huntley admits lies', ECHO, November 25). This is a man accused of the worst of crimes, the murder of two entirely innocent children. He should not be pandered to by the press, but simply forgotten about and allowed to rot in jail where he belongs for the rest of his miserable life.
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