You can’t fool all the people, all the time: Abraham Lincoln. The big local news is that Alan Young has left his leadership of the Guildford Conservative Association (GCA), larded…
July 1, 2014 / 5 Comments / Read MoreIt is a sign of our mature and free society that we take freedom of speech for granted – but, of course, we shouldn’t. The cost of that freedom is…
April 17, 2014 / 1 Comment / Read MoreAs some people are still recovering from the floods that have caused huge disruption for families and businesses alike, we reach the end of one year and the beginning of…
December 31, 2013 / 1 Comment / Read MoreCouncil meetings have been quite lively lately. First we had the two political leaders slugging it out in a, no holds barred, slagging match, then on Thursday (October 10), the…
October 14, 2013 / No Comment / Read MoreFor once, the ‘extraordinary’ council meeting lived up to its billing. Out of the ordinary it was on Tuesday (September 24). And there was only one item on the agenda,…
September 29, 2013 / 4 Comments / Read MoreWe are not allowed to know why chief executive David Hill has been sent on special leave, granted, according to a Guildford Borough Council spokesperson “in unusual circumstances which do…
August 9, 2013 / No Comment / Read MoreSo, a grievance procedure has been started against David Hill, the chief executive at Guildford Borough Council (GBC). But we, the people of Guildford, who pay the considerable salary he…
July 1, 2013 / No Comment / Read MoreSome say that an unhealthy culture of fear exists amongst council officers at Guildford Borough Council; that they are frightened to speak out for fear of losing their jobs. If…
May 7, 2013 / No Comment / Read MoreMost of us complain about potholes on our roads, so why don’t most of us bother to vote at local elections for people who will be overseeing the next four…
April 24, 2013 / 1 Comment / Read MoreIt is a natural reaction when something goes wrong to look for someone to blame. The ancient Greeks, when suffering a disaster, would cast out of their community some hapless…
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