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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…
Opinion: Why the County Council Elections Should Proceed
The Reform Party, reviled in some quarters, is nonetheless riding high in the opinion polls. This week one poll put them in first place above both the Conservatives and Labour.…
Opinion: We Should Restore Clandon House
How Clandon House should be repaired following the devasting fire that occurred a decade ago has divided opinion. Should it be restored to look, as far as possible, as it…
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)
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