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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…
The Dragon Says: Power-shares Will Reveal True Face of New Lib Dem Council
Any honeymoon period for the new Lib Dem council is likely to be short. Soon, very soon, we should see what Caroline Reeves meant by “partnership working” when making her…
The Dragon Says: Out of Touch, Out of Reach, Out on Their Ear
The election result in Guildford is first and foremost a good day for democracy. Change was needed. Guildford had become politically stale. Long-term one-party dominance, of whichever party, is unhealthy.…
The Dragon Says: Who’d Be a Guildford Voter Facing Such An Unpredictable Future?
Most folk in Guildford shouldn’t bother continuing to read this right now because, if past practices are anything to go by, most of us also won’t bother to vote in…
The Dragon Says: In Touch or Out of Touch?
Are the champagne corks already popping at Guildford’s Tory HQ in, er, Woking? Who could blame them for celebrating early? If national politics have any influence on the borough council…
The Dragon Says: Council Leader Blocks Cynical Ploy By Profit-Hungry Developer
It is not often one of our reports attracts national media coverage but the netting of trees in Walnut Tree Close, first reported by us on Thursday (March 7), was…
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