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Opinion: Why I am Optimistic for Guildford
By Zoe Franklin Zoe Franklin is the retiring Lib Dem borough councillor for Stoke ward. Following Martin Giles’ pessimistic view of Guildford’s future, Zoe explains why she remains an optimist.…
Opinion: Guidelines Must Allow Democratic Debate – Not Create A Lawyer’s Paradise
By Gordon Bridger, Hon Alderman Gordon Bridger, a former Lib Dem councillor, gives his view on the “predetermination” issue. Guildford Borough Council’s (GBC) advice or instruction to future councillors on…
Opinion: Yee Ha! – For Surrey Read Texas
By Martin Giles No sooner had I stopped tapping the keyboard to express my fears for Guildford’s future than news arrived that I need not worry, the future is, in…
Opinion: Why I Am Pessimistic for Guildford
By Martin Giles The other day I introduced a stranger to Guildford. I showed her along an ancient pedestrian route from Buryfields, down Porridge Pot Alley, over the River Wey,…
Opinion: Have Onslow Tory Candidates ‘Predetermined’ Blackwell Farm Proposal?
By Martin Giles Arguments between political parties can leave many of us cold. Politicians can often seem more interested in point scoring (even if it is only them keeping score)…
Lib Dem Candidate Denies He Would Consider Voting Labour Over Sex Workers
Guildford’s Labour parliamentary candidate for Guildford, Richard Wilson, has told The Guildford Dragon NEWS that he was surprised to have received an email implying that the sender, a Liberal Democrat…
Opinion: Don’t Park & Ride – Just Ride
A visitor from Canada offers his solution to Guildford’s traffic problem. By David Bentley In Canada, where I have lived after emigrating almost 50 years ago, I am the proud…
Hustings – Lib Dem Candidate Complains About Empty Foreign Owned Flats
A Lib Dem borough councillor has complained that foreign owned flats are lying empty while there are homeless people on the streets. Speaking at a borough council election hustings meeting,…
‘We Are Not Closing,’ Says Guildford B&Q Manager
The manager of Guildford’s B&Q said today (March 31) that the store was staying open following an announcement by owners Kingfisher plc that 60 “surplus” stores would be closing. But…
Opinion: What Makes Your Blood Boil?
By Martin Giles With a general election looming it is understandable that the big issues are dominating the media. Should we: continue economic “austerity”, leave the EU, or discontinue Trident?…
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