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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…
The Dragon Says: Our Free Speech is Sacred – This Vile Anonymous Abuse Must Be Silenced
Only 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…
The Dragon Says: Why Are The Perils of Guildford’s Precarious Pavements Ignored?
You 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…
The Dragon Says: PM Ready To Sacrifice Tory Stronghold Guildford To Keep No-Deal
Prime 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…
The Dragon Says: We Voters Were Promised Openness – It’s Time to Deliver
During 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…
The Dragon Says: Who Cares What the Residents Think?
A 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…
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