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Council Group Leader Interviews: Stephen Mansbridge – Conservative

The Guildford Dragon NEWS has invited a leader of each political party and a representative independent candidate, standing for election to Guildford Borough Council (GBC), to be interviewed. The response…

Letter: Will Lib Dems Really Protect the Green Belt?

From Ray Briggs As a candidate for the Guildford Greenbelt Group in the Onslow ward and a resident of Onslow Village I was surprised by a recent flyer received from…

Letter: I Have Made Up My Mind How I’m Voting

From Chris Owen I’ve wavered, but I’ve finally decided I’m voting Liberal Democrat in Guildford. I’ve usually voted Conservative, but the Lib Dems have always been there, working away. I…

Candidate Campaigns on a Soapbox To Give Her Message to Guildford

It worked for John Major so why not Kelly-Marie Blundell the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Guildford? Soapbox campaigning was the traditional, direct way of getting a political message to…

Letter: We Should Consider the Independent Candidates More Carefully

From Bernard Parke Hon Alderman and former Borough Councillor and Town Mayor Independent candidates, and those smaller party candidates, standing as  borough councillors have always been at a disadvantage despite…

Guildford To Commemorate 70th Anniversary of VE Day

Guildford will mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day on Friday 8 May 2015, with a two minute silence at 3pm to coincide with the time at which Winston Churchill…

Letter: Building On The Green Belt Requires ‘Exceptional Circumstances’

From Ben Paton Gordon Bridger’s contribution to this debate expresses worthy sentiments but is short on real analysis. It is terribly easy to make a populist argument. It runs: everyone…

Investigation Starts After Catastrophic Clandon Fire – House 100% Smoke and Fire Damaged

Clandon Park House has been left a “shell” this morning (Apr 30) after yesterday’s devastating fire that blazed into the night. The damage is extensive but some of its valuable…

Opinion: Open Access at Blackwell Farm – Only 12 Years Too Late

By Karen Stevens Karen Stevens is a Save the Hogs Back campaigner. Walkers approaching Blackwell Farm, on the slopes of the Hog’s Back, might be pleasantly surprised to find they…

Letter: Guildford City’s Great Escape – These Were Real Football Matches

From Andrew Backhurst I feel sorry for anyone from the town who didn’t manage to make any of the Guildford City ‘Great Escape’ games. They were football occasions of the…