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Opinion: Tale of Two Guildfords (with apologies to Charles Dickens)
This is the third in a series of opinion pieces from all the political parties and the Independent councillors who currently form Guildford Borough Council (GBC) in the period between…
The Dragon Says: Democracy Demands Open Government
On Saturday, the main editorial in The Times entitled “Secret State” highlighted a list of examples where local councils were “circumventing scrutiny and blocking newspaper coverage for no good reason”.…
Ash Aspect: Why Was a Councillor Unable to Speak on a Planning Matter Important to His Constituents?
By David Reading Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but I always thought the elected councillors and officers of Guildford Borough Council existed to represent their local population and to conduct their matters…
Effingham Eye: Parish Council Standing Up to New Planning Application
In this month’s Effingham Eye, Chris Dick gives his personal report on: the latest council meeting, footpath problems, the bi-annual Commoners’ Day, the shopping parade project, Heritage Day, a new book and…
The Kingston View: Motherhood & Apple Pie Must Not Hide the Truth
What happens in our county council, in County Hall at Kingston, has a direct impact on us just as much as decisions taken in the borough council. In this article…
The Dragon Says: So the Housing Numbers Were Wrong
The intelligent critics in the Guildford Residents Association and the Guildford Society (among others) have been proved right and the expensive taxpayer-funded consultants have been so wrong: the forecast population…
The Dragon Says: There Should Be No Barrier to Considerate Treatment of Our More Vulnerable Fellows
“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” So said the great Indian statesman Mahatma Gandhi. This week, our society in the shape of Guildford Borough…
Opinion: Local Government Needs Independent Thinkers – With No Party Line
This is the second in a series of opinion pieces from all the political parties and the Independent councillors who currently form Guildford Borough Council (GBC) in the period between…
Opinion: Three Independent Thinkers, Three Deselections. Coincidence? I Don’t Think So.
By Martin Giles What are we to make of the latest deselection in our local Tory Party? That is the fate of Nils Christiansen, councillor for Holy Trinity Ward. TV…
Opinion: NHS Funding – There Is A Better Alternative
Are we too ideologically attached to our free health system to see the advantages of alternatives – namely a hypothecated or ring fenced tax system? Student reporter Laura Nuehaus, in…
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