• Theatre could be asset to bid

  By belgrave-cat

  The picture at the heading of this article is surely apt for this idea of City of...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 21/05/13

  

  The Haymarket Theatre is the perfect barometer of Leicester's fitness to become the 2017 City of Culture. If it is approached imaginatively it could encompass Robert Mandell's vision as a conservatory for all the arts. ("Curtain must rise again on proud Haymarket Theatre", Mailbox, May 9). Leicester musicians could at last have a home with a variety of excellent performance spaces. The same is true for our amateur...

• Focus on growth not on Europe

  By Rod52

  Does this ring any bells Eric? How wrong can you be? Eric Goodyer Hi everyone after a long...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 13/05/13

  

  The latest YouGov poll puts Tory support below that achieved by Gordon Brown at the 2010 General Election for the first time. The Conservative Party is tearing itself apart again over Europe, when what the public want it to focus on is delivering economic growth, which they have failed to do for three years. UKIP achieved only 23 per cent of the national vote (BBC) and came third. Well done, UKIP, you beat the Lib-Dems, but Europe...

• Protest all you want, but you're wasting your time

  By jimbob6163

  I feel so sorry for this woman that she feels the need to protest about a drone when you think the...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 07/05/13

  

  I read with interest the letter by Jan Wild-Grant ("Use of drones must stop", Mailbox, May 3) in which she encourages others to join her on a demonstration against Drones at the Thales Factory, Leicester on May 24. While she has every right to demonstrate, I respectfully advise her that her efforts will be in vain. I speak from personal experience of Greenham Common in the mid-80s when there was a permanent camp...

• When all is said and done, we're back as we were

  By Grant2010

  When someone gets elected as a councillor, they have to sign a declaration to abide by and uphold...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 07/05/13

  

  So, what did the county council election results tell us? Well, they were a pretty mixed bag, with no party able to claim an outstanding result. The Conservatives came within a whisper of losing control of the council. Woe betide any ailing Tory from missing a single council meeting. Family holidays will have to be worked around the municipal calendar. Each of the opposition parties were within spitting distance of taking seats in...

• Where's harm in Ofsted scrutiny?

  By NickDiPerna1

  If you are going to tax people coercively then you better give them a real bargain. I don't call...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 03/05/13

  

  In his First Person column ("End this regime that's designed to deliver failure", Mercury, April 30), the NUT's Peter Flack bangs an empty drum of protest in calling for the scrapping of Ofsted. Why? Simple really, he's afraid that the interests of his members suffer under its "domination". Rubbish. Teachers are, or should be, highly-trained professionals. They, together with head teachers, governors and...

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