Landra Whitehouse writes....

Here's an extract from next week's Neath Guardian website:

"Why when the Government spends a fortune on telling people to drink sensibly do I find that when I walk into a  local pub chain in Neath I have to pay approximately £1.80 for half a pint of coke or lemonade but can get a shot of Jack Daniels in it for 40-50 pence. Is that how to encourage people to drink sensibly or to go for the soft option? I think not, people love a bargain. So why is this duplicity tolerated?"

Big Brother is watching...

Landra Whitehouse writes much more - and she is not alone with her views about the Internet.  A Neath Ferret reader has sent us this extract from a national newspaper:

Every email, cell phone call and website to be stored by government in UK
Every email, phone call and website visit is to be recorded and stored after the Coalition Government revived controversial Big Brother snooping plans. It will allow security services and the police to spy on the activities of every Briton who uses a phone or the internet. Moves to make every communications provider store details for at least a year will be unveiled later this year sparking fresh fears over a return of the surveillance state. It comes despite the Coalition Agreement promised to “end the storage of internet and email records without good reason”. Any suggestion of a central “super database” has been ruled out but the plans are expected to involve service providers storing all users details for a set period of time. That will allow the security and police authorities to track every phone call, email, text message and website visit made by the public if they argue it is needed to tackle crime or terrorism.” source – Telegraph UK

Landra Whitehouse asks:  "Should Google be criticised for storing data they way they do - or should they do more of this to make us an open and transparent society?"  Read her column in the Neath Guardian website next week.