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Letter: The Real Problem Is First Past The Post

From John Perkins In response to: Opinion: Unnatural Selection The problem with our democracy, as I see it, is not so much party politics as the First Past The Post…

Notice: Fishing For Goats – Kids For Kids’ Executive Fly Fishing Day

Children’s Charity Kids for Kids will be holding a fundraising Executive Fly Fishing Day on Saturday, October 13 at Park Lake in Albury. The day will give exclusive access to the…

Residents Leader Content With Councillor Attendance

“There is no dissatisfaction” with the attendance at a Holy Trinity residents group by the three incumbent Conservative councillors, Geoff Davis, Nils Christiansen and Dennis Paul. The statement from the…

Opinion: Unnatural Selection

By Martin Giles A councillor told me the other day that not only were councillor candidate selection meetings notoriously poorly attended, there had even been one where the only attendee…

Letter: A Plague On All Your Political Parties

Liz Critchfield I say to our local politicians, “A plague on all your houses!” Bawling political slogans at each other gets us precisely nowhere. No one political party has a…

The Yvonne Arnaud Announces Its Autumn Programme

Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre hopes to have something for everyone in its new autumn season. While the curtains close for renovation of the stage lights this summer, tickets for the…

Renamed ‘Guildford Twinning Association’ Is Now Open To the World

Renamed ‘Guildford Twinning Association’ Is Now Open To the World

By Barbara Ford The chair Guildford Twinning Association gives us news from the renamed group whose aim is to foster better international relations with Guildford… We have a brand new…

Letter: Independent Councillors Cannot Change Government Policy

From Richard Mithen In response to: Party Politics Has No Relevance in Local Government As much as I would, of course, admire a well respected independent councillor that works for their…

£8.5 Million Budget Gap Means More Austerity Ahead for Guildford Borough

An £8.5 million black hole in Guildford Borough Council’s budget will mean yet more cuts can be expected, it was revealed at Tuesday’s (July 17, 2018) council Executive meeting. At…

Letter: Expulsion of Conservative Councillors is Disgraceful

From Gordon Bridger hon alderman and former Mayor of Guildford The recent expulsion of two well established Conservative councillors, Tony Rooth and Bob McShee, because they voted against the extraordinary…