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,…
January 13, 2021 / 2 Comments / Read MoreNo 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…
October 30, 2020 / No Comment / Read MoreWhen 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…
July 10, 2020 / 3 Comments / Read MoreToday, 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…
December 12, 2019 / No Comment / Read MoreIf, 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…
December 7, 2019 / 5 Comments / Read MoreOnly rarely do we on the editorial team at The Dragon have to discard a reader’s comment because we judge it abusive. From the outset, we have maintained a clear…
November 1, 2019 / 1 Comment / Read MoreYou are going to walk into town. You put on your shoes, a jacket, perhaps pick up a shopping-bag and grab an umbrella. Oh, and finally your crash helmet. A…
September 30, 2019 / 1 Comment / Read MorePrime Minister Boris Johnson has dealt a double body-blow to Guildford’s Conservatives this week. First, he deselected Guildford MP Anne Milton among 20 other Tory MPs who rebelled against his…
September 7, 2019 / 3 Comments / Read MoreDuring the May election campaign, a major pledge from both the Liberal Democrats and the Residents for Guildford and Villages (R4GV) was to improve the transparency and openness at Guildford…
August 23, 2019 / 4 Comments / Read MoreA Twitter complaint that democracy is dead in Guildford Borough from the former Conservative leader Paul Spooner found an echo in the council’s public gallery at Millmead last week. Cllr…
August 20, 2019 / 3 Comments / Read More
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