For those who don’t know who they are, google Jardine and Larwood and you will see how popular they weren’t in 1933, and how small their Australian fan club would have been.

I WAS not aware of the implementation timeline for the proposed Invermay traffic master plan till I read the latest council meeting agenda.

It seems no work at all will be done to the notorious Lindsay Street/Charles Street Bridge intersection for at least three years.

Surely at the very minimum the traffic signals could be reprogrammed.

Better still surely the two exiting lanes from Lindsay Street, (instead of only one), could be made right turning onto the two southern lanes lanes of the bridge.

I would think the cost of implementing this traffic flow adjustment would be quite minimal and could be carried out in three months rather than three years and to the benefit every one.

I SEE in the paper that the Greens are at it again.

It is ludicrous that they want to tax tourists especially as the state is doing so well bringing in much needed revenue.

Some time ago I wrote about them wanting to turn Tasmania into a large granny flat.

This seems to be on their agenda again.

Discouraging tourism is definitely not the way  to go about it.

THREE cheers for French President Emmanuel Macron for highlighting the dangers of nationalism at the recent World War I armistice commemorations in France.

It is particularly crucial at this time in history, the Decade of the Strongman, which sees the likes of Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Rodrigo Duterte, and Donald J.Trump ( these are only the top four offenders - there are plenty more in South America and Europe) hosing down their particular parts of the world with testosterone.

It’s time to focus of brotherhood, not petty differences in colour, sex, religion or location.

One smart historian said, “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel”.

I PURCHASED a pair of pants from Rivers early in the year and have worn them no more than eight to 10 occasions, and they are still in perfect condition except that the pockets have both virtually disappeared – “faulty material” –  forcing me to replace them as pockets are an essential item.

So check thoroughly before wasting your hard earned money.

WHAT a ridiculous idea to increase the number of members in the House of Assembly back to 35. 

Tasmania is completely over governed as is. It is all the fault of the Hare Clark electoral system, that allows lesser quality candidates to be elected on the “coat tails” of the more well known and able ones. 

We don’t need more less able ones.  

The answer is to make sure all candidates are of high quality. Tasmania needs more nurses not more politicians.

THOSE advocating increasing Tasmania's House of Assembly from the current 25 members to those of 1998 that being 35 should consider two important factors. 

It again will be a classic case of over governance and if it were to return to those numbers politicians pay packets must decrease by the 40 per cent given to them in lieu of a smaller parliament. 

Try getting that through the Senate.

IN RESPONSE to Michael Mansell (The Examiner, October 28), I suggest the ability has always been there . Australian and Tasmanian Governments are elected under a democratic system. 

Democratic means freely elected people .

Here is a thought Mr Mansell, set up a party, select some candidates that people can respond to and put up some representatives.

Anybody can stand as you would well know, and I suggest you go through the right procedure to get your outcome.

IT APPEARS Sue Hickey loves putting the cat amongst the pigeons. Her latest salvo is advocating an increase of members in the House of Assembly. 

While this is appropriate with governments struggling with their talent pools, it should not be done willy-nilly.

If we do rejig the numbers, let us take the opportunity to right some other shortcomings. I do not agree with electorates returning seven members. 

This is too many for electors to relate to and is the cause of “bun-fights” among party members. Ideally, Tasmania should consist of 35 single member electorates, still with preferential voting. 

This means about 15,000 population in each electorate, something manageable for the elected member and then just a single member for electors to establish a relationship with. 

I am not holding my breath on this. 

There are too many vested interests in play.