Letters to the editor - October 28, 2021

Use of ladders for swimmers throughout winter I agree completely with Pauline Aquilina’s letter (October 23) about the sea ladders being removed this month. I would like to add the following. I know of many disabled persons, myself included, for whom swimming is a necessary exercise and a form of therapy.  But when the ladders are removed, we cannot access the sea anymore. Some of us continue swimming all year round, using wet suits when appropriate.  Therefore it is essential that these ladders, or, at least, some in every locality, are left in place all year round. One must also keep in mind that the Ta’ Qali swimming pool, which many of us used to frequent, is now closed. As Aquilina said, all it takes is doing the job properly. Fixing the ladders in holes with wooden wedges is hardly the latest technology. There are such things as stainless steel brackets and bolts. Stephen Attard – Attard A well-planned budget It is usually hard to summarise Malta’s political landscape. We are a fiery, Mediterranean people and we rarely have a slow news day. Today, however, should anyone ask me this loaded question, I would simply refer them to the two budget speeches we heard a few days...