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Miri |
February 22, 2021 |
One CommentDear [names], Re: coronavirus protocols I am writing to you regarding my son/daughter, [name], who is due to return to year [number] in [month]. [Name] has been very happy at [school name] and is looking forward to returning next month. Thanks to you and the other staff for everything you've done to make his/her journey […]
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Miri |
February 16, 2021 |
5 CommentsDear [employer name], I am writing to you in reference to recent multiple press reports concerning the possibility of "vaccine passports" - that is to say, certification of Covid vaccination status, on which certain liberties - such as retaining employment or returning to the workplace - may become dependent. While many government ministers, including the […]
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Miri |
February 11, 2021 |
No CommentsDear Dr. [name], I am writing to you regarding the COVID-19 vaccination programme, which your surgery has taken a very keen, and entirely unsolicited, interest in promoting to me. I do not wish to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, nor do I wish to be the recipient of any further communication from you regarding this, or any […]
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Miri |
February 8, 2021 |
No CommentsDear [names], I am writing to you in regards to the current Covid-19 vaccination programme, that several colleagues have indicated they are actively promoting to clients. I am concerned that such expectations may be placed upon me, too. I would like to record formally and in writing that I am unwilling to participate in such promotional […]
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Miri |
December 15, 2020 |
No CommentsDear Editor, I subscribe to your newspaper on behalf of my children, aged _ and _. They are avid readers, and very much enjoy having their own newspaper, greatly looking forward to its arrival each week. I am ordinarily very happy with the standard of journalism and the age-appropriate articles included, which prompt much interesting […]
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Miri |
November 30, 2020 |
One CommentDear [name], I am writing to you regarding a deeply distressing incident that occurred on [date] when I attempted to visit the surgery to attend a smear test appointment, following abnormal results, two biopsies and laser treatment. Although my results following treatment had been normal, this situation, as you can imagine, is a source of ongoing distress and disquiet […]
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Miri |
April 15, 2019 |
No CommentsDear Shanti Das and Jonathan Leake, I am writing to you in regards to your article of 07/04/19 regarding Professor Chris Exley. Professor Exley is recognised as the world's leading authority on aluminium toxicity, with a research career that spans four decades, and encompasses extensive publication in multiple top international journals. So to claim that 'experts' disagree […]
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Miri |
January 29, 2026 |
No CommentsWay back in the dim and distant past, in another era, a gentler and more innocent time (around 2021), I developed a little phrase, that has since gone on to be quite widely repeated: 'if you know their name, they're in the game'. I developed this phrase for a specific reason: that, at the time, […]
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Miri |
January 5, 2026 |
No CommentsI'm not being rude here, or making unkind jibes about anybody's festive overindulgences: that's really the name of the venue where three of our favourite con artists - two fake "convicts" and one common or garden conman - recently met for a jolly old knees-up. Beaming over their beers, we have three of the most […]
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Miri |
November 13, 2025 |
No CommentsI had a little chuckle to myself when I learned recently that one of my childhood friends had become a feminist Marxist academic. I wasn't chuckling at her expense (I've met a few feminist Marxists before and I've learned that's not a good idea), but because this was really such a predictable outcome given her […]