'Letters to the Editor'
Dear Editor, Edinburgh City Council are talking about reviving a tram system to help alleviate the traffic problem in the centre of the city. I hope someone realises that Bordeaux, France did just that by re-introducing a tram system which opened in December 2005 and is being extended to other parts of that area. In my mind they were very clever by limiting the number of tram lines allowing connection points at strategic stops in the network. This has resulted in trams running every three minutes or so on the same journey, there are no queues that build up, the stop you are at only has one identified route and destination. The system is a credit to the officials of Bordeaux. Mrs K Horne, Fife, Scotland
Dear Editor, What is this all about the people resident in England not being allowed to have certain drugs that could prolong their life, but patients in Scotland will be given the drugs. Since the Scottish Parliament came into being it has been a shambles from the start, too expensive and now becoming more distant from the United Kingdom as a whole. If we are to think of ourselves as British, then everyone, no matter where they live, should have equal opportunity and find themselves with the same benefits throughout the country. Mrs P Naylor, England
Dear Editor, I recently travelled on a British Airways flight from London Gatwick to Edinburgh and to my horror noticed a passenger had with him a selection of wine bottles. Now, I ask, why are passengers screaned for dangerous sharp objects prior to boarding the plane when people can purchase glass bottles containing spirits or wine then board the aircraft. Or are these bottles perhaps made from unbreakable glass?
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