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'I don't want my sister to move to my French town'
Columnist Cynthia Spillman offers advice to a reader who is worried her sister may disrupt her dream life in France
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Comment: France needs to rethink Le Pen's ban from political office
Columnist Simon Heffer says the court decision looks too much like a political hit job
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Comment: Anti-French bravado is an embarrassing British anachronism
Columnist Nabila Ramdani notes that the xenophobic jibes now only appear to go one way
Killing speed kills planet
If the speed limit is reduced on certain secondary roads from 90kph to 80kph and I drive within that limit, I – plus, no doubt, thousands of others – will be doing our bit extra to destroy our planet, because I drive a diesel-engined automatic vehicle.
When I drive at 85kph my car is in overdrive. Dropping to 80kph will mean I will have to drive in a lower gear, which means higher revs and more pollution.
Why don’t the politicians look at all the options before taking decisions that have not been properly thought out?
Modern diesel engines are now cleaner than petrol!
Rodney Fox, by email