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HOT TOPIC: Litter louts were warned of a crackdown after 15,000 car tyres were dumped in the East End
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I AGREE with Ian Robertson that there should be a GB football team (Evening Times, October 4).

We are the United Kingdom, which is England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and I strongly believe we should have a GB team for all sports.

I am positive if we went ahead with the idea at the 2012 Olympics, it would make Great Britain stronger again.

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I also agree Sir Alex Ferguson should manage the team and think David Beckham should be coach.

We could still have our national teams, but they would play against each other in a Home Nations competition, and then three players from each country would form Team GB.

It would be great, and I think we have got to try it out and see how it goes as it would unite us in support of Great Britain and make us politically stronger too.

The people who think it won't work don't realise the importance of having a GB team, or maybe they just don't like football. I will be proud to stand up to sing our national anthem God Save the Queen.

I was born in Scotland, but I am British through and through. Come on, bring on a GB Football Team.

LOUISE SMILLIE, Glasgow

National service call

I THINK letting criminals out because of overcrowding is a disgrace. Why not bring national service back - I am sure it would reduce crime and make more space in prisons. I also think if they use a knife on someone, they intend to kill someone.

PETER McMURRAY, Via e-mail

Ban TV gambling ads

WITH the increase of flashy gambling websites advertised on television, combined with the credit crunch, it's a wonder anyone can afford to throw their money down the drain on such ruthless and greedy gambling websites.

Surely broadcasting watchdog Ofcom should be taking a stiffer line with such firms, banning their rights to advertise on television.

We already have a ban on cigarette advertising, yet our other two scourges on society - alcohol and gambling - get a seemingly free rein.

Until we cut the exposure people have to these trends and make them see the trap they can fall into, more money, time, and resources will have to be ploughed into helping victims.

JILL FERGUSON, Partick

Sack GHA chiefs

THE letter by BeeSee about the Glasgow Housing Association (Letters, October 3) makes a good point.

I can understand where they are coming from as I and some of my neighbours have had many issues with this organisation.

But I do not agree with the sack the lot of them' statement.

The ordinary staff and security workers are all very nice and social, but GHA is definitely needing changed as it is no charity.

However, I would certainly get rid of the decision-makers at the top.

L MacPHERSON, Pollok
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    HOT TOPIC: Warning over rubbish risk was ignored

    WHILE we all agree fly tippers should be hammered, it has to be noted that legislation, mainly from Brussels, has led to a massive increase in dumping.

    The EU and the UK government were warned the rules requiring waste to be treated before going to landfill would increase dumping.

    Tyre "removal specialists" are billing councils for picking up tyres from skip sites - why? They are getting the "materials" for their lucrative businesses for free.

    THISTLEMAD, Ayrshire

    Ciggie butts are menace

    WHEN will pubs have to start clearing up the mess of cigarette butts on the pavements.

    There are two pubs in my street and I have observed staff from both establishments coming out with a brush and sweeping the butts into the gutter.

    Would it really be that much more effort to sweep them on to a shovel and put them in a bin?

    MULROSS, Glasgow

    Tyre problem isn't new

    THE number of dumped tyres in Cambuslang has been shocking, not for months, but for years!

    JOHN MacLEAN, East Kilbride

    Taxing time

    IF some of the taxpayers didn't dump so much rubbish irresponsibly, the council wouldn't have to ask for more cash.

    SCOTT, Airdrie

    Area is a disgrace

    ENFORCEMENT officers must be scared to go into the South Side. Govanhill is a disgrace, with piles of rubbish along Allison Street.

    CAINE, Glasgow

    Street has been ignored

    THERE has been swift action about the rubbish in the West End. However nothing has happened over the rubbish, dog fouling and filth in Govanhill. Allison Street is the dirtiest street in Scotland.

    LIZ, Glasgow

    Clear up is too late

    IT is ridiculous the tyres weren't dealt with after the first dozen. It must have taken hundreds of van or lorry journeys to dump them.

    BLUEY, Glasgow

    Pride in the city

    WHY can't people have pride in the city instead of dumping their rubbish wherever they want. It's time for it to stop!

    LKM, Glasgow

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    Posted by: jim, Glasgow on 11:04am Wed 8 Oct 08
    No disrespect meant ,But my brothers neighbours and freinds in England who are very nice folks.are all against it.they say England has nothing to gain from it what so ever.AND THEY LIKE THE NAME England ON THE WORLD CUP or any cup for that matter.;-0.AND WHO CAN BLAME THEM.
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    Posted by: HGlasgwegian, Glasgow on 2:06pm Wed 8 Oct 08
    Love Louise Smillie's letter! Made me smillie anyway. Here's another idea. Why have two separate Glasgow teams? Why not bring Rangers and Celtic together then we can all get behind them. Metaphorically of course, as the fans would have nothing to do with it (much as Scotland fans would have nothing to do with a Team GB) but it's the thought that counts isn't it?
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    Posted by: John, Glasgow on 2:29pm Wed 8 Oct 08
    To LOUISE SMILLIE, Glasgow

    Louise well done on your mail, but can you explain why the same little Englanders voted 20 to 0 to stop Celtic and Rangers joining the English Premiership. The English police were also against it.

    If we had a team GB do you think for one minute they would have the final in Glasgow?

    How many Scots, Northern Irish, Welsh would get into the team?

    After Alex Ferguson stopped being the first team GB manager, how many other Scots, Northern Irish or Welsh do you think would manage team GB?

    Where would team GB football association be located, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast or in Engerland.

    Gone Yirself Louise and please tell me your answers!
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    Posted by: GML, right here on 2:48pm Wed 8 Oct 08
    OK, hands up who thinks Louise Smillie has ever been to an international football match.
    Or understands anything about how international football is administered. Or the importance or otherwise of the olympic football tournament.

    No hands at all?
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    Posted by: Renegade, Cyberspace on 5:39pm Wed 8 Oct 08
    LOUISE SMILLIE, Glasgow
    We are the United Kingdom, which is England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

    Aye, but for how much longer?

    PETER McMURRAY, Via e-mail
    I THINK letting criminals out because of overcrowding is a disgrace.

    Depends on the type of criminal. A lot of people are locked up for petty crimes, or victimless crimes, are no danger to anyone, and surely it is a waste of money keeping them in jail.
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    Posted by: Eileen, Glasgow on 12:09am Fri 10 Oct 08
    Cigarette buts? Your right, but my gripe is the people, not always teenagers I might add, that go around spitting and grogging on the pavements. It's disgusting. Oh yes, and rubbish rolling around the buses.
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