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The Dragon Says: Guildford’s Isolated Cathedral Made a Major Misjudgement
Go to the evensong service in the Guildford Cathedral if you can. It takes a sense of purpose to make your way there, given its separation from the town, but…
The Dragon Says: Dodging Questions Is a Telling Failure
What do you think when someone says, “No comment” or refuses to answer questions? It happens more and more on TV news programmes: “We asked the government for a spokesperson…
The Dragon Says: What’s Going On at GBC Planning?
It’s been nearly two years since The Dragon first alerted our readers to GBC’s problems with delays in its planning department. It’s frustrating for everyone but none more than the…
The Dragon Says: Ten Years of Guildford Food Banks and No End in Sight
When the North Guildford Food Bank opened in December 2013, few would have predicted food banks would be needed, even more, nearly a decade later. Here in mostly affluent Guildford…
The Dragon Says: The Dam Preventing Council Cultural Change is Still Unbreached
The long and sorry story of the still-awaited Tumbling Bay Weir bridge repair reveals a remaining cultural problem at Guildford Borough Council. See: Agencies Can’t Agree A Statement on Weir…
The Dragon Says: Truth Matters
Last night a Conservative MP said if we don’t care when Parliament is misled we are on a slippery slope that ends up in Putin’s Russia. He is right. But…
The Dragon Says: The Strange Case of the Disappearing Councillors
What are we all to make of the situation at Ash Parish Council? It seems bizarre. Why is the council chairman Nigel Manning so determined to keep his two absent…
The Dragon Says: Time for Ash Parish Council Chairman to Admit His Error
The beleaguered position of the Ash Parish Council chairman, in defending his two absent councillors who now live in Wiltshire, is looking less and less credible. Since November The Dragon…
The Dragon Says: Democracy Dies in Darkness
“Democracy dies in darkness.” This is the strapline of the Washington Post. Naturally, when we read such mottos we think of national governments and high-level politics but it applies equally…
The Dragon Says: Too Many People, Too Many Cars – No Wonder We Have the Worst Pollution
News that we have the most polluted stretch of road in the country will come as no surprise to many residents tired of dealing with the chronic traffic congestion. One…
See: Tumbling Bay Footbridge: National Trust Says It Is ‘Committed to Finding a Resolution’
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