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Saturday, July 07, 2012
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SO OUR Plymouth MP Oliver Colvile has torn himself away from working on the many problems of our city, to concern himself with a rather more important matter, the hurt feelings of those in partnerships that don't automatically confer titles on both when one gains a title from the Queen.

If heterosexual women become 'Lady' when their husbands become 'Sir', how can this be translated into equality in same sex relationships? Or how come the spouse of a Dame can't be granted something to let the world know that they are partners of someone who is no longer a mere Ms or Mrs?

Obviously this is something that engages great interest here, in Plymouth. Indeed, Oliver, we talk of little else.

But hang on, yes, there has been another riveting subject under discussion –the Oliver Colvile request that all Scotland's nuclear waste should be stored in Devonport, if or when Scotland decides it has been on Scottish soil for far too long.

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No doubt Mr Colvile is getting rather worried about the votes that astonishing venture has lost for him and is now desperately searching for some popularity with this eccentric posturing about 'equality'. I suggest he looks at the subject rather more realistically. Why not demand that partners of any gender should not be allowed to share a title, unless they have been personally instrumental in the work for which it was awarded? And in that case such partners should obviously be kneeling before the Queen to claim a title in their own right.

But I doubt this would suit Mr Colvile's purpose, if the point of the exercise was to gain a few votes, rather than this declared bid for equality.

B MERRIOTT

Plymouth

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  • Profile image for Peter20113

    by Peter20113

    Monday, July 09 2012, 10:37PM

    “The people of Devonport voted him in and that was their decision.
    The bloke is a joke but they gave him a £65k salary.

    Personally I think the decimal point should be 6 places to the left”

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    by jabbathebutt

    Monday, July 09 2012, 8:31PM

    “It would be great if the Herald become a great newspaper again and interviewed this guy on why he thinks this matter above all others is so important to the people who he is supposed to represent .”

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    by bluebell2

    Monday, July 09 2012, 5:15PM

    “Why dont u do something about the water rates oliver instead of messing with trivial matters do what ur paid to do look after the people who voted u in nobody else seems bothered.Or are u like ur leader becoming deaf . bluebell”

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    by itar5127

    Monday, July 09 2012, 8:13AM

    “Is it worth commenting - on something that only a sociopath can support.”

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    by whinger7643

    Sunday, July 08 2012, 7:30PM

    “Plymouth deep in the doldrums, lacking any decent and strong representation from it's tory MP and what does he see as his priority, titles for gay partners, God help us and roll on the next election.”

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    by willems

    Saturday, July 07 2012, 4:33PM

    “Either do some meaningful work for Plymouth,or stand aside.”

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    by startbay

    Saturday, July 07 2012, 3:41PM

    “What a waste of space for the city .This man was elected to serve the wishes of the people of Plymouth and this should not be forgotten .Now he is in a comfortable position paid a large sum from the public purse he should stand up and fight for the future of the city and the people in it.He should hang his head in shame as he is taking money under false pretences.”

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    by jennyplym

    Saturday, July 07 2012, 2:09PM

    “Oh How I agree with cassiebiker yes indeed he should stand down NOW this man is a JOKE must be the worst MP Devonport has indeed ever had.

    He should be fighting for Jobs for new Infrastructure such as a decent Train Service the M5 being brought all the way to Marsh Mills, the reopening of the City Airport, not having an Incinerator which will possibly kill hundreds with its pollution if it does not sink first in the floods,he should be using the Decommissioning of the Nuclear Subs and the Storage of over 30 Nuclear Cores being left to rot in Devonport Naval Base for the next 40yrs as a bargaining chip with his daft Government, either this Coalition starts massivily investing in Plymouth and I mean £Billions like they have in the North East or they can take their old rotting Nuke Subs and scrap them elsewhere, come on Oliver show us that you really care about Plymouth and her People, start fighting, we have a wish list M5 to Marsh Mill New Faster Trains, the Airport runway exteded and reopened so we at least have an escape route when the Nuke cores leak and possibly start a mass pollution incident all likely and possible plan for all all eventualities, Plymouth must stop rolling over for the MOD what are they doing for Plymouth ZERO oh I forgot 100 jobs max highly skilled but no local Jobs I went to their road show Plymouth is the site the want as Scotland has said NO, come on our MP'sa this is your last chance to get Plymouth what it needs, investment in Jobs and Infrastructure what a bargaining chip you have, but I suspect you will like PCC waste that power and will will become the UK's dumping ground with nothing to show for it. yes either do our bdding or Resign.”

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    by cassiebiker

    Saturday, July 07 2012, 12:52PM

    “I'm struggling to survive with my finances at rock bottom and bank charges each time I run out of funds while waiting sometimes months for my large company clients to pay their bills to me etc.

    I'm also a victim of the utility companies, service providers and the tax grabbing government and the like.

    But, this is not about me, I am just one of many 1,000's in the same boat and each and every one of us could write a book about our woes and grievances.

    Whilst people like me and all the others drown in our sorrows, there are again many 1,000's who are a lot worse off still. This is GREAT Britain and we have queues of people lining up to get food parcels from charities and worse.

    It's no wonder that people are sick with worry...good hard working genuine people...and then the very people we pay to help resolve these issues appears on the radio reading snippets from the party line before disappearing again only to re-emerge in this paper with stories like the recent one about equality for gay peers and their partners and I for one feel physically sick.

    How can ANY human being be so out of touch?

    Rather than highlighting all the issues that need addressing, let's keep it so simple that even Colvile's ***** will understand what his constituents really think of him.

    Below are two arrows...one is green and one is red.

    If people think he should STAND DOWN with immediate effect...click on the GREEN arrow. Those who believe what he is doing is good for Plymouth and should remain in office...click on the RED button.

    (Explaining how the green and arrows work was for him, not the readers)”

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    by paperlantern

    Saturday, July 07 2012, 11:55AM

    “Oliver Colvile - fiddling while Rome burns.”

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