Matt Furniss, Conservative lead councillor for transport, infrastructure and environment and borough councillor for Christchurch ward was asked why, in his view, the suspension of the GBC sponsorship policy is…
October 7, 2014 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Gordon Bridger Hon Alderman Gordon Bridger is a former mayor and Lib Dem borough councillor. The Motion put forward by the Liberal Democrats for reforming the Guildford Borough Council …
October 4, 2014 / 5 Comments / Read MoreBy Martin Giles I was minding my own business, dutifully scribbling at the back of the council chamber when a public speaker, Peter Shaw, a doctor of something or other…
October 1, 2014 / 4 Comments / Read MoreBy Martin Giles What are we to make of the remarkable by-election result on Thursday (September 25) in the Lovelace ward that covers Ripley, Wisley and Ockham? It was truly…
September 28, 2014 / 10 Comments / Read MoreBy Gordon Bridger Our MP Anne Milton has made some trenchant and valid criticisms of the Guildford Draft Local Plan. She says it: lacks vision, lacks infrastructure proposals, there is…
September 25, 2014 / 7 Comments / Read MoreThis week has been tumultuous for the political and constitutional scene in the whole United Kingdom. The Union survives but political changes in all parts of the UK now seem…
September 21, 2014 / No Comment / Read MoreWe might be at the other end of the United Kingdom (at least it’s united as I write) but we do already have a lesson or two to learn from…
September 15, 2014 / No Comment / Read MoreThe Mayor of Guildford has acknowledged his mistake in allowing a councillor to overrun his speaking time limit while, in the same debate, cutting off some public speakers mid sentence.…
September 10, 2014 / 2 Comments / Read MoreBy Martin Giles “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the…
September 6, 2014 / 5 Comments / Read MoreBy Martin Giles Is the Onslow Park & Ride a white elephant? And if so, why? Yesterday (Monday, September 1st) when I went to see for myself how busy it…
September 2, 2014 / 12 Comments / Read More
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