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Opinion: Why I am Optimistic for Guildford
By Zoe Franklin Zoe Franklin is the retiring Lib Dem borough councillor for Stoke ward. Following Martin Giles’ pessimistic view of Guildford’s future, Zoe explains why she remains an optimist.…
Opinion: Guidelines Must Allow Democratic Debate – Not Create A Lawyer’s Paradise
By Gordon Bridger, Hon Alderman Gordon Bridger, a former Lib Dem councillor, gives his view on the “predetermination” issue. Guildford Borough Council’s (GBC) advice or instruction to future councillors on…
Opinion: Yee Ha! – For Surrey Read Texas
By Martin Giles No sooner had I stopped tapping the keyboard to express my fears for Guildford’s future than news arrived that I need not worry, the future is, in…
Opinion: Why I Am Pessimistic for Guildford
By Martin Giles The other day I introduced a stranger to Guildford. I showed her along an ancient pedestrian route from Buryfields, down Porridge Pot Alley, over the River Wey,…
Opinion: Have Onslow Tory Candidates ‘Predetermined’ Blackwell Farm Proposal?
By Martin Giles Arguments between political parties can leave many of us cold. Politicians can often seem more interested in point scoring (even if it is only them keeping score)…
Opinion: Don’t Park & Ride – Just Ride
A visitor from Canada offers his solution to Guildford’s traffic problem. By David Bentley In Canada, where I have lived after emigrating almost 50 years ago, I am the proud…
Opinion: What Makes Your Blood Boil?
By Martin Giles With a general election looming it is understandable that the big issues are dominating the media. Should we: continue economic “austerity”, leave the EU, or discontinue Trident?…
Opinion: Remember the Local Issues in the Next Local Election
Democracy is important to The Guildford Dragon NEWS. We support no political party although we do strongly believe that it is all our duty to get involved, to use our…
Opinion: Your Local Vote on May 7 Will Count The Most
by Martin Giles It’s Thursday, May 7 – general election day. You go into the voting booth and your pencil hovers over the ballot paper. Even if you have not…
Opinion: How Many Syrian Refugees Should Guildford Take?
By Martin Giles We all know that a week is a long time in politics: it is also a long time on the news front. Turning on my radio on…
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