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By John Morris As Remembrance Sunday approaches, I feel more strongly than ever that the world is not as it should be. The rich get richer and the poor get…
November 10, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
By John Rigg Director, Guildford Vision Group At the Planning Committee this Tuesday, 6th November, councillors have a golden opportunity to set the town on a new path, to take…
November 4, 2012 / 3 Comments / Read More
by Matt Furniss Conservative GBC Councillor for Christchurch Ward Lead Councillor for Environmental and Support Services Tradition is not a bad conception. It gives you a sense continuity, of belonging…
November 3, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More
By Martin Giles To my shame I have to admit that I normally walk straight past beggars. Having seen a little of the third world I wonder how they can…
October 24, 2012 / 3 Comments / Read More
By Angela Gunning Red tape – who needs it? The way to boost the economy, apparently, is to build extensions. If you’ve got a property to extend, of course. And…
October 22, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
Honorary Freemen and Honorary Aldermen should be seen but not heard. That seems to be the view of many councillors at Millmead. A few months ago all the party leaders…
October 19, 2012 / 3 Comments / Read More
The Guildford Dragon NEWS is delighted to introduce a new monthly columnist, Mary Ellen Foley, who is going to look all things local through her American (Eagle) eye. You might…
October 11, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
An occasional column written normally by our local GBC councillors, but this time by one of our County Councillors… By Fiona White (Lib Dem, Guildford West) If you were a…
October 8, 2012 / No Comment / Read More
By Martin Giles “You can’t handle the truth!” says Col. Jessep played by Jack Nicholson in the film A Few Good Men. It seems that this might have been the motto…
October 7, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More
By Flora Windebank I have been shivering for 15 minutes or more. The 25 bus had slowly trundled through Peaslake and finally picked me up. The driver doesn’t even apologise…
October 3, 2012 / 3 Comments / Read More
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