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'My View' is an irreverent, controversial column by Assistant Daily Editor, James Wills, expressing his opinions on local issues in Colchester.
The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Gazette or Newsquest.
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County gets a new boss for children’s unit
Posted on 7:40am Sunday 25th July 2010
A NEW director will be taking over the troubled children’s services at Essex County Council as the department looks to appoint 40 foreign social workers.
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Why bloody tale of Sir Charles is made for Hollywood...give Clive Owen a call
Posted on 5:25pm Friday 19th February 2010
IT was the Spanish philosopher George Santayana who said “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it”.
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Animal exporting, the Vaf...so much riles me, but I’m just no protester
Posted on 7:00am Saturday 23rd January 2010
READING about the 15th anniversary of the animal export protests at Brightlingsea this week, made me ponder how I have never really been the protesting type.
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Don’t worry dear... why Colchester will survive Oystergate just like Mr Winner
Posted on 1:10am Sunday 20th September 2009
MY VIEW...Gazette assistant editor James Wills on the oyster's ups and downs
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MY VIEW: Dumbing down of A-levels? I fear we are setting up kids for a big fall
Posted on 11:40am Tuesday 25th August 2009
The Gazette's Assistant Editor James Wills see another good reason to worry after another set of good A-level results are released.
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Back off Silchester - if you know whats good for you!
Posted on 10:55am Friday 31st July 2009
NOTHING is sacred, is it? First we are told Colchester’s patron saint, Helena, was a Greek lass and never came near the place.
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Being healthy is fine - but live a little too
Posted on 2:23pm Wednesday 8th July 2009
The British are a people full of obsessions. We endlessly go on about the weather, even though we have just about the most boring climate on the planet.
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If the roles were reversed, would our liberators get such a reception?
Posted on 1:10pm Friday 12th June 2009
MY VIEW READER, lend me your imagination as we throw a spanner in the works of history.
James Wills »
Tale of paratroopers with no planes sums up shambles at MoD
Posted on 12:20am Saturday 2nd May 2009
MY VIEW: The Gazette's assistant editor gives a personal opinion
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James Wills, the Gazette's Assistant Editor, asks if we know enough about the European Union
Posted on 1:00pm Friday 17th April 2009
OUR relationship with Europe has always been a little strained. For years, it was somewhere the average Essex bloke would go to spill blood rather than wine.
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'My View' is an irreverent, controversial column by Assistant Daily Editor, James Wills, expressing his opinions on local issues in Colchester. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Gazette or Newsquest.
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