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Comment: What Are We To Make of the GBC Executive ‘Reshuffle’?

By Martin Giles What is the real reason for the sudden dismissal of leading Lib Dem councillor George Potter at GBC? See: ‘Politics Is Not Always a Kind Place’ Says…

Comment: What Can Be Done About Guildford’s Biggest Empty Shop?

By Martin Giles Empty shops on any High Street create an impression of decline and the continued closure of what was the pre-eminent department store in Guildford, House of Fraser,…

Opinion: We Must Plan To Deal with Guildford Gridlock

By John Rigg Chair of the Guildford Vision Group (GVG) Guildford really can’t go on much longer without a plan to deal with traffic in and around town. The recent…

Opinion: CIL Payments – These Residents Deserve Justice

By Jane Austin leader of the Conservative Group at Waverley Borough Council Last October Steve Dally was at his wits’ end. For nearly four years he and his wife had…

Opinion: It’s the Debt Stupid!

By Joss Bigmore R4GV borough councillor and former GBC leader “Should we have two or three unitaries?” has dominated council debates on the local authority reorganisation – but it shouldn’t.…

Comment: We Need Change But Not the Kind Being Imposed By Labour’s ‘Devolution’

By Martin Giles “What we need is not ‘devolution’ but true decentralisation, constitutionally embedded as in other countries, with competences split among different levels of government in a permanent and…

Opinion: I Will Not Be Voting in the County Council Election Today

Bernard Quoroll, former CEO of several local authorities and official observer of foreign elections, considers today’s non-election… Who would I have voted for today? The question is academic, the county…

Column: Guildford’s MP Writes – ‘Welfare Benefits Are a Lifeline For Some’

Guildford MP Zoe Franklin’s monthly roundup Spring has finally sprung, and I hope you’ve been able to enjoy Guildford’s glorious weather. In Westminster, the Chancellor’s spring statement was her opportunity to…

Comment: What Has Our Democracy Become? Of Course the Elections Should Go Ahead

By Martin Giles News that our county council election is to be postponed is as depressing as it is troubling. Postponing inconvenient elections is the kind of tactic we expect…

Comment: Which Idiot Has Forgotten to Turn His Phone Off?

By Martin Giles The sound of a phone going off during a theatrical performance is distracting and seems disrespectful of all performers and the whole audience. When it happens I…

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