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Letter: Why Is It So Difficult for Politicians to Truthfully Answer Questions?

From: Anthony Mallard In response to:  The Dragon Says – Dodging Questions Is a Telling Failure I am in complete accord with the points regarding transparency and accountability of our…

Letter: Can Cllr George Potter Really Do It All?

From: Paul Robinson Received Sunday, March 5 This weekend the latest edition of Burpham Pages, a local news magazine, dropped through my letterbox. In it are statements from Burpham ward…

The Dragon Says: Dodging Questions Is a Telling Failure

What do you think when someone says, “No comment” or refuses to answer questions? It happens more and more on TV news programmes: “We asked the government for a spokesperson…

Notice: Fairtrade Fest 2023 – Saturday, March 11

Letter: When Will Demolition of the Debenham’s Building Commence?

From: Bibhas Neogi In response to: comment posted on St Mary’s Wharf Developer Bows to Pressure By Reducing Proposed Building Height Again I thank The Dragon team for contacting Native…

Frimley Park Hospital Expansion Agreed

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Bed capacity at Frimley Park Hospital, often used by residents of Guildford borough, will improve after a new diagnostics and in-patient building was granted…

Letter: I am Sorry to See Councillor Resign But Don’t Recognise His Assessment

From: Tom Hunt lead councillor at GBC for Planning Development and a Lib Dem borough councillor for Friary & St Nicolas I am disappointed that David Bilbe [Con, Normandy] has…

Opinion: A New Strategy Is Required for Guildford Planning

By Richard Mills chair of the Guildford Town Centre Conservatives but writing in a personal capacity In recent weeks, The Dragon’s columns have echoed a widespread view that Planning in…

Surrey Hills Oil Drilling – Judicial Review of Planning Permission Granted

By Chris Caulfield local democracy reporter Anti-fracking campaigners are celebrating after the High Court granted a judicial review into the exploratory drilling of £123 million of oil near the Surrey…

Tory Councillor Resigns from GBC Planning Committee Saying: ‘I’ve Had Enough!’

By Martin Giles and Hugh Coakley A Conservative councillor has resigned from the Guildford Borough Council Planning Committee saying: “I cannot be associated with something so badly managed. It is…