IT's not often I sit on the fence on a subject but the council’s ban on teddies and other keepsakes placed on headstones in graveyards has me confused.

One part of me thinks if it brings comfort and solace to those who are grieving then so be it.

However, the pragmatic part of me that has a strong dislike for symbolism and rituals thinks it is mawkish.

I can never get my head around the floral tributes that appear whenever there is a tragic incident. I find it bewildering, in all honesty, especially when TV people get involved and the camera pans over a dismal floral display, left by people who hardly knew the victims.

I have to say this comes from the man who was dismayed by the national outpouring of grief when Princess Diana died.

Sorry readers but I can’t stand flowers tied to lampposts after an accident, or at a murder scene.

I do, however, feel very strongly about the urgent care unit being shelved at Rossendale Health Centre.

The health hub is a superb facility and something Rossendalians can rightly feel proud of.

I really like the idea of community hospitals and the bean counters (who I don’t have a lot of time for anyway) should look elsewhere for their cost savings.

In Clive’s world it would, of course, be very different.

The Camerons and Millibands have to worry about being re-elected so they can only ever 'tinker'.

Me and a few pals on the other hand could save trillions with genuine savings, rather than simply shuffling funds about.

It’s a weak analogy, I know, but if we can suddenly find the dosh to start bombing Libya for whatever reason (£200k for a round trip by jet, and £500k for a cruise missile), surely we can find the money to finish our health centre off.

I’m one of the few who totally opposes our involvement in Libya.

When we have finished there, are we going on to Zimbabwe too, to sort out the human rights issues there?

I very much doubt it.

It’s an old truism that a Prime Minister is not a Prime Minister until they have started a war. Well, David Cameron now has his.

Thanks for all the comments you have left on the Telegraph website in response to my recent columns.

There are some thoughtful and incisive remarks and it makes me realise I’m not on my own in the way I think.