Opinion

Linden’s time to shine

Linden has long fallen on difficult times. The decline of the bauxite industry has sent the economy of what is still euphemistically referred to as the mining town into a tailspin.

Shared governance is an ancient concept

Dear Editor, In reference to Mike Persaud’s letter in SN (‘Coalition government and shared governance are different concepts,’ July 5), he accuses me of not understanding the difference between coalition government and shared governance, and Editor, I have to suppress a chuckle which breaks into a wide laugh when he pontificates from his Queens, New York safe perch with his nonsense.

Ethics no, self-preservation yes

When the definitive analysis of Mr Rupert Murdoch’s torpedoing of his 1969 acquisition News of the World is written it will undoubtedly conclude that the ever ruthless media baron wasn’t really concerned with the ethical transgressions of the tabloid but rather with self-preservation.

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