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Meet Your By-Election Candidates: John Redpath for Residents for Guildford and Villages

The upcoming by-election for the Surrey County Council Guildford South-East division will be held later this week, Thursday October 16, following the resignation of Cllr Fiona Davidson of R4GV. The…

Dragon Interview: Cllr Townsend on Waverley’s CIL Issue

Waverley residents who have received notices that they are due to make Compensatory Infrastructure Levy payments (CIL), sometimes of tens of thousands of pounds, remain angry at the borough council’s…

Dragon Interview: MP Zöe Franklin Reviews Topical Issues

It is now a full year since Zöe Franklin became the MP for Guildford and in this long-format interview with Dragon editor Martin Giles, she is invited to consider if…

Dragon Interview: What’s Reform Guildford’s View of Local Government Reorganisation?

The Reform party is riding high in the national opinion polls. Five recent polls showed them at an average of almost 29 per cent support with an average lead over…

Dragon Interview: MP Hopes Thames Water Fine Will Be ‘Final Nail in Its Coffin’

Guildford’s MP tells Dragon editor Martin Giles that she was pleased to see the £122 million fine imposed on Thames Water for its continued poor performance and would welcome the…

Dragon Interview: New Guildford Mayor Howard Smith

If you did not already know the Borough of Guildford has a new Mayor, Howard Smith, a Labour borough councillor who represents Westborough ward. In an interview with Dragon editor…

Dragon Interview: A New Scene for a Guildford Street

Guildford shoppers might have noticed a new scene appearing in Chapel Street. Well-known Guildford artist Nathalie Scott, perhaps better know for her portrait work, has been commissioned by Experience Guildford…

Dragon Interview: Sir Jeremy Hunt MP on His Knighthood and Some Local Issues

Jeremy Hunt MP is a Knight of the Realm. The Conservative Politician who has served as Health Secretary, Foreign Secretary and, most recently, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was included in…

Dragon Interview: Paul Follows Admits He Should Not Have Used the Word ‘Skewed’

A ‘hot-mike’ incident at Waverley Borough Council caught the council leader asking the CEO to skew a report on which councillors might base their decision to support a two or…

Dragon Interview: Will Forster MP On His Recent Visit to Ukraine

It is three years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The anniversary coincides with the start of the second US Presidential term of Donald Trump and the very…