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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…
The Dragon Says: The Votes Are In But Who Will Win?
Counting has now commenced (Friday morning) as tensions rise amid fevered speculation by Surrey voters about who will be their county councillors for the next four years. County results are…
The Dragon Says: Ask Not ‘Who is To Blame?’ We All Are
We must all share the blame for the weaknesses at GBC. We vote for the councillors who create the policies and make the high-level decisions. They appoint the senior council…
The Dragon Says: Officialdom Must Beware of Using Social Media
Social media is a multi-mixed blessing, a mind-blowing maze of misinformation, dubious sources, misleading speculation, sometimes wild, but masquerading as fact with tendrils of truth here and there. At worst,…
The Dragon Says: Providing for Hungry Children is a Measure of Our Community
No one wants our children to go hungry. There are few things less emotive than the thought of an ill-nourished child, especially in an affluent borough such as Guildford. Most…
The Dragon Says: Forget Efficiency and Cost-cutting, This is a Unitary Bid For Political Power
When something has gone wrong with a local service, be that potholes, rubbish not collected, planning permission granted or refused, we often blame “the council”. Many haven’t a clue whether…
The Dragon Says: However Difficult a Choice, We Must Exercise Our Democratic Right
Today, Guildford and every other constituency in the United Kingdom, goes to the polls to elect fresh or experienced MPs who will, hopefully, establish a new House of Commons. This…
The Dragon Says: Hold The Front Page, We’ve Scooped A Political Advert
If, as some say, perception is all, what should we make of the Surrey Advertiser’s front news page yesterday? At a glance, readers might well get the impression that the…
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