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Tired of Sporting Failure? Look No Further Than YOSICC
By John Schluter – It was Benjamin Franklin, loosely quoting Daniel Defoe, when he wrote in a letter of 1789 ‘In this world, nothing can be said to be certain…
Letter: Green Belt Development Is Not The Answer
From Susan Parker This letter is in response to: Letter: Localism Is A Great Idea… But Not For Guildford Does Pete Knight work for the council? He argues hard for…
Letter: County Council Has Shown Contempt For Hard Working Families
From Mary Bedforth Recent media headlines such as: “Surrey County Council pay rise shows ‘contempt for hard-working families”; “MPs quiz council over 60% pay hike”; “Council leader 60% pay rise…
Letter: Localism Is A Great Idea… But Not For Guildford
From Pete Knight (In response to Opinion: We Need A Better Guildford Not A Bigger Guildford.) Localism is a great idea, or at least I thought it was. But since…
Government Minister Condemns County Council’s ‘Disturbing’ Allowances Hike
A minister for local government has described increases of up to 60% to Surrey county councillors’ allowances as “deeply disturbing”. The comment from Brandon Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of…
Opinion: We Need a Better Guildford Not a Bigger Guildford
By Martin Giles – “You can have any colour, so long as it’s black,” said Henry Ford. Today in Guildford it seems we can have any Local Plan, so long…
Council Rejects e-Petition Seeking An End To Its ‘Pro-development Strategy’
Members of the public queued up to challenge Guildford Borough Council’s (GBC) thinking behind the Draft Local Plan, currently out for public consultation, at a full council meeting on Tuesday…
Review: Horrible Histories – Barmy Britain – GLive
By Maria Rayner – They’ve read the books, listened to the audio, watched the TV programme. So now it’s roll up, roll up, Horrible Histories has come to G Live.…
Letter: This Is Not a Local Plan, It’s Westminster’s Plan
From John Robson I must live in a parallel universe to Gordon Bridger (Councillors Deserve Credit…). I didn’t see much real debate from the elected representatives. What I saw was…
Letter: Boileroom – Taliban Analogy Was Deserved
From Richard Wilson I am grateful to Ashley Harrison for commenting on this story and for reading my blog. His letter highlights the need for mediation in this case. There…
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