OVER recent weeks the reporting of the MPs’ expenses scandal has been vigorous and intense. Indeed, the power of the press has seen the resignation of some high-profile Government ministers.
However, during the same period the number of soldiers killed in Afghanistan has continued to increase. It is a pity the same power of the press could not be exerted on the Government to bring our troops home from Afghanistan and return them to their families.
JM Gowland, Heighington, near Darlington.
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