Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments.
‘The NHS is unable to cope with increasing demands’ says reader
Nurses are being attacked an average of 11 times a day on A&E wards (Metro, Tue). This is shocking and inexcusable but I can understand the frustration people feel with long waits – an issue acknowledged by the Royal College of Nursing.
Having spent seven hours in casualty earlier this year, waiting to see a doctor with a potentially life-threatening problem, I eventually gave up and went home. Fortunately I did get to see a doctor the following morning when it was less busy.
It is clear that the NHS in its present form is unable to cope with the increasing demands on it.
We need some kind of insurance scheme, as other countries do, and perhaps a nominal charge for visiting A&E – which could be reclaimed through insurance – that would also deter time-wasters. Julie, Bath
Reader asks, ‘Why has Egypt not allowed the innocents of Gaza to take refuge?’
Liverpool footballer Mo Salah has called for an end to the conflict in Gaza – and he is right (Metro, Mon).
Perhaps he should ask the totally unasked and unanswered question of his own Egyptian government.
It is a historical fact that when there is war, civilians flee into neighbouring countries.
Recently, two million Syrians were living in tent cities in Jordan, while Russia invades Ukraine and a multitude have taken refuge in the West. So how is it that Egypt has not allowed the innocents of Gaza to take refuge in neighbouring Egypt?
As such, does not Egypt have some responsibility for the deaths in Gaza?
War means death and destruction. Israel did not start this war –Palestinian Hamas terrorists did and it is they who are responsible for the death and destruction in Gaza.
Israel is as much responsible for the deaths in this war as the Allies were in killing the millions of innocent civilians in Germany and, of course, Japan in World War II. Stop the howling hypocritical criticism of Israel. Malcolm Factor, Enfield
New fan for Oasis
Liam Gallagher told the Oasis Murrayfield gig that council officials would ‘spread’ the £3billion he reckons his band had brought to Edinburgh ‘among their posh ugly mates’. This after a secret town-hall briefing had branded reunion tour fans ‘drunk’, ‘fat’ and ‘old’. I can’t say I was ever an Oasis fan but I am now! Andy, Edinburgh
‘Police don’t even bother with the boy racers’, reader responds to drink-driving limit proposal
Further to the proposal to reduce drink-driving alcohol limits from 35 micrograms to 22 micrograms per 100ml of breath (Metro, Tue). Is there any evidence that this will save lives?
Current poor driving goes unchecked, as the police don’t even bother with the boy racers in town.
Only those who fall for the cash cow of driving 3mph over the limit are subject to any enforcement. Drivers may even rationalise that they ‘may as well get hung for a sheep as a lamb’ when socialising at a 22mcg limit. Robby, Kent
Peace or profit? Reader comments on the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal
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The Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal praised by Paulo (MetroTalk, Wed) is predicated on the Americans getting exclusive rights to the so-called Zangezur trade corridor, linking central Asia to Turkey and the rest of the world.
Yet this corridor is controversial and risks further inflaming tensions between the US and Iran. So I’m not celebrating it. Neil Dance, Birmingham
Why have under-22s stopped using buses?
I’ve just read that under-22s in England should get free bus passes to help them get into work and education, according to a report by MPs. They say the number of bus journeys taken has dropped in recent years. It’s because they’re using e-scooters and e-bikes instead! John Marshall, Essex
I see what you did there
Here’s one for you – a sign in an optician’s window read, ‘If you can’t see what you want, please call in.’ Leslie Aradi, London
