Fringe Box

Socialize

Twitter
Home » Archives by category » News » Opinion & Columns (Page 53)

Comment: Guildford’s Poll Position Gives Edge to Our Part In This Historic Election 

By Martin Giles Over the next five days, Guildford hovers over a political knife-edge in the most important General Election in living memory.  While nationally the Tories are still 10%…

The Effingham Eye: End Of Year Round-up

Chris Dick gives his personal report on Effingham events past and future including: a council update on a possible nature reserve, an up and coming humorous Living Nativity play, a reopened cafe and an…

The Dragon Says: Hold The Front Page, We’ve Scooped A Political Advert 

If, as some say, perception is all, what should we make of the Surrey Advertiser’s front news page yesterday? At a glance, readers might well get the impression that the…

The Ash Aspect: General Election Candidates For Surrey Heath

By David Reading Candidates of all parties are rightly focused on important matters such as the NHS, Brexit, the economy and climate change. But the MPs who are elected on…

Opinion: Thoughts of a Ragged-Trousered Economist 

By Nick Werren This article, edited by The Guildford Dragon NEWS, is taken, with kind permission, from the University of Surrey’s student Incite magazine where it was first published. A…

Comment: Deluge of Political Drivel Must Be Costing Us Vital Woodlands

By Martin Giles Our postman Ray is a Lib Dem campaigner. He doesn’t realise it. He just continues to do his round, trying to remember where the spring-loaded finger-skinning letterboxes…

The Worplesdon Witness: It’s Christmas Here!

Introducing the first of a new regular column that sits within our Opinion section, that also features the Effingham Eye and the Ash Aspect. Worplesdon resident and parish councillor Jan…

The Dragon Says: Our Free Speech is Sacred – This Vile Anonymous Abuse Must Be Silenced

Only rarely do we on the editorial team at The Dragon have to discard a reader’s comment because we judge it abusive. From the outset, we have maintained a clear…

Dragon Says: Tory Government Also Seems Ready to Sacrifice Guildford to Developers’ Profit

Dragon reader Andrew Eacott writes: “It’s very odd that [the station] development apparently meets with almost universal disapproval yet there is no means of stopping it.” He is right: it…

Priority Needs Of Patients Seem Low In Possible Closures Of Five Guildford GP Surgeries

By Fiona Davidson R4GV Group Chair More news has emerged after the recent Dragon article about the possible closure of five GP surgeries (Guildowns and Woodbridge Hill) in the borough.…