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Comment: Why We Need to Treat Earth Like a Spaceship
By Chris Rapley Professor of Climate Science, University College London and Guildford resident. Four humans recently looped around the Moon. Their vessel, an Artemis capsule, was a thin metal shell…
Opinion: Local Government Reorganisation – How Did It Happen Like This? Part 3
Patrick Oven borough councillor for Send & Lovelace and Guildford Greenbelt Group leader In Part 1 of his opinion piece Patrick Oven asked how we had arrived at the current solution…
Opinion: Local Government Reorganisation – How Did It Happen Like This? Part 2
Patrick Oven borough councillor for Send & Lovelace and Guildford Greenbelt Group leader In Part 1 of his opinion piece Patrick Oven asked how we had arrived at the current solution…
Opinion: Local Government Reorganisation – How and Why Did It Happen Like This?
Patrick Oven borough councillor for Send & Lovelace and Guildford Greenbelt Group leader Last year, the current Surrey County councillors had reached the end of their four – year period of…
Comment: Who Will You Vote For and Why?
By Martin Giles “The unitary authority scheme truly marks the end of local politics and representation. Central government has really taken control of every arm of politics now. Very sad.”…
Opinion: Can We Rely on Developer’ Promises of Affordable Homes?
By John Ferns When a developer offers “affordable housing” as part of a planning application for new homes how much can we rely on their promises? Should they be expected to…
Opinion: A Mayor Is Not Just Old Hat
By Gavin Morgan Founder of the Guildford history Forum This week a new Mayor is appointed in Guildford. Councillor Jane Tyson takes over from Cllr Howard Smith. Unless plans change,…
Insights: The Legacy Debt Should Be Borne By Those Who Created This Sorry Mess
By Bernard Quoroll former local authority CEO Lottie Harding’s argument that all of us in West Surrey should share the legacy debts of the debtor councils, as expressed in her…
The Dragon Says: We Should All Be Outraged About the Failure to Deal with Legacy Debt
Is the penny beginning, at last, to drop? After months of apparent indifference, it seems that Guildford and Waverley voters are waking up to the reality that their existing borough…
I'm living well for nothing at all! (See: No Trifling Matter: Magpie Trapped in Godalming Sainsbury’s)
Next stop, Debt Chasm! (See: We Should All Be Outraged About the Failure to Deal with Legacy Debt)
The Dragon Says: Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure
So, in the face of comprehensive apathy, GBC’s recommendation is to press ahead with the formation of a council for Guildford Town. But it can only be a recommendation. Already,…
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