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Dragon Interview: Jan Harwood on His Resignation from the Conservative Party
With all the political shenanigans over Boris Johnson’s resignation, one can be forgiven for forgetting we have a newsworthy resignation at Guildford Borough Council. It might not have quite the…
Letter: Cllr Harwood is Mistaken
From: Linda Parker Picken In response to: Dragon Interview – Jan Harwood’s Right of Reply Cllr Jan Harwood’s [Con, Merrow] insistence on being pro-housing and that “Guildford has got away…
Dragon Interview: Jan Harwood’s Right of Reply
Cllr Jan Harwood’s defection from the Liberal Democrats to the Conservatives at Guildford Borough Council was the most surprising local political news of 2021 and, as he readily admits in…
Letter: Surely Cllr Harwood Did Not Expect to Retain a Place on the Executive?
From: Adam Aaronson In response to: Sacking of New Tory Councillor Showed Council Leader’s Weakness Perhaps Cllr Spooner can cite some precedents indicating where a councillor or MP has crossed…
Letter: Cllr Harwood’s Criticisms Are Strange
From: Julia McShane leader of the Lib Dem Group at GBC and borough councillor for Westborough in response to: I Stand By My Decision to Join the Conservatives The suggestion…
Letter: Cllr Harwood’s Move Is A Strange Decision
From: Shelley Grainger Labour party member In response to: Good Luck to This Thoughtful, Astute Councillor So, in essence, Cllr Jan Harwood has joined the Conservatives because they are winners?…
Letter: Cllr Harwood Appears Spectacularly Misinformed on Planning Policy
From: Jules Cranwell In response to: Our Local Plan Review Is Bound By Government Rules Jan Harwood is spectacularly misinformed on the Greenbelt issue. It is indisputable that the NPPF…
Lib Dem Harwood Says Sorry For ‘Rant’ Accusing Planning Members of Disdain For Officers
A Lib Dem councillor has apologised for erupting in a “rant”, accusing fellow Planning Committee members of treating council officers “with such disdain that [they were] creating unhealthy and… abusive…
Dragon Interview: Cllr Jan Harwood, Lead Councillor for Planning
Newly elected Jan Harwood, a ward councillor for Merrow, has been given the major responsibility of Planning and housing delivery in the new Liberal Democrat administration at Guildford Borough Council…
Mystery Now Likely Solved: How Yorky’s Railway Bridge Got Its Name
By Frank Phillipson The origins of the name Yorky’s (or Yorkies or Yorke’s) bridge to the north of Guildford station, and the reason it was built, have been pondered for…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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