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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…
Opinion: What is The Point of Restructuring Local Government?
By Pete Bennett chair of the Residents for Guildford & Villages Party Local political parties are getting very animated about the probable postponement of the county elections in May, but…
Column: Guildford’s MP Writes – Greener, Fairer, Thriving
Guildford’s Lib Dem MP, Zoe Franklin, writes to inform Dragon readers of her activity… By Zoe Franklin During my election campaign I promised to deliver a greener, fairer, more thriving…
Opinion: Why Are Five-storey Blocks Allowed in An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?
Local resident, John Harrison, a member of the St Catherine’s Village Association, was one of two objectors allowed to address GBC’s Planning Committee on the proposal to redevelop the former…
Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 3
By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…
Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 2
By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…
Insights: The Band on the Titanic Strikes Up ‘Devolution!’ – Part 1
By Bernard Quoroll Bernard Quoroll served as chief executive or a senior officer in six local authorities. He says that the radical proposed changes in the English Devolution White Paper…
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