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Comment: Who Can Be Trusted To Choose the Way We Plan and Are Governed? Is It All Rubbish?

Comment: Who Can Be Trusted To Choose the Way We Plan and Are Governed? Is It All Rubbish?

By Martin Giles Planning White Paper a Test of Trust in This Johnson Tory Government “Getting homes built is always a controversial business.” So says Prime Minister Boris Johnson in…

Life in, You Know, Solitary

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards Time to Do Nothing for Charity A cynical columnist on the Sunday Times once bet me £250 I couldn’t grab the national press headlines…

Aidan’s Diary: Importance Of Surrey’s Historic And Cultural Identity In Single Unitary Authority Plan

Aidan’s Diary: Importance Of Surrey’s Historic And Cultural Identity In Single Unitary Authority Plan

Aidan Todd is 19 years old and has lived in Guildford for most of his life. He is planning to study politics and international relations at university. He is writing some…

Opinion: For the Lib Dems to Use Our Museum For Political Promotion is Wrong

By Gavin Morgan Founder of the Guildford Heritage Forum I object to the council’s use of Guildford Museum to promote the political credentials of the Liberal Democrats. “Black lives matter”…

Life in Solitary: If You Like It, Stick With It

The Lockdown Diary of Tony Edwards Groundhog Wisdom I’ve just worked it out,  “Lockdown Grub” is an anagram of “Groundhog Day”. Trust me – it is.  And even if it…

Aidan’s Diary: My Experience Of Lockdown As Part Of The ‘Class of 2020’

Aidan Todd is 19 years old and has lived in Guildford for most of his life. He is planning to study politics and international relations at university. He has asked…

Opinion: We’re Missing the Point About Our Litter Problem

By David Roberts Conducting a little anti-litter campaign in Britain’s most troubled overseas territories made me think hard about the subject, and my impression of the debate in Guildford, including…

XX Notes: Happy to Book Back in to the New Normal After a Cornish Family Holiday

Maria Rayner‘s observational, fortnightly column from a woman’s perspective… White sand, blue sea and plenty of rosé, after months of being glued to the computer screen, our family holiday in…

Effingham Eye: Café’s Facelift, New Home For Community Store, Farmers’ Market Coming Soon

Chris Dick offers some insight on local matters; at last the much-awaited farmers’ market is to open, Layla’s gets a facelift, the community shop finds a new home, a councillor resigns and…

Comment: Generosity of Political Spirit in Short Supply in Ash Parish

By Martin Giles Ripples from the fracturing of the Conservative group at Guildford Borough Council (GBC) are disturbing the waters in Ash, the true blue corner of Guildford borough that…