Latest Letters

Unacceptable to accuse the deputy mayor of bias

Published: 18th March 2010 • I WAS surprised to read Sean Birch’s attack on deputy mayor Councillor Lulu Mitchell (Tell us why five primaries are to ‘lose’ £20m...
Federation stands up for rights of private tenants

Published: 18th March 2010 • I WAS sadly not surprised to read that Karen Averies and her partner, who are living in a very overcrowded, two-bedroom council flat with four children,...
Dreams…

Published: 18th March 2010 • CONCERNING Samata Khattoon’s letter (Dreams dashed for children of Edith Neville, March 11), I remember that this school was rebuilt in 1972, with a...
Far right march a watershed

Published: 18th March 2010 • ON Friday afternoon March 5 it seemed that a surreal scenario appeared outside the Houses of Parliament. A motley crew of some 200 young men had left...
Westminster's housing policies - We’ve no plans to ‘squeeze the poor’, says Cllr Philippa Roe

Published: 12th March 2010 • THE claims by Karen Buck on Westminster’s housing policies (Return of ‘slum landlordism’? March 5) simply have no substance. I would reiterate...
It’s the bike tax policy that is grinding to a standstill

Published: 12th March 2010 • DANNY Chalkley has, with some indignation it would seem, rejected the charge that his tax on scooters and motorcycles is not about the money, but about “...
If A&E goes, what happens if there is a disaster at stadium?

Published: 12 March 2010 • WHEN NHS chiefs drew up their plans to close Whittington’s A&E department, did they consider what would happen if there was a serious incident at the...
This oasis of Irish culture was our first pub theatre

Published: 12 March 2010 • I DO not wish to enter into the “row” over which is the first pub theatre in London, but, to put the record straight, it was in fact opened at The Duke of...
Education a Labour election issue

Published: 12 March 2010 AS local, and probably general, elections approach in May I am pleased that Labour, the Conservatives and the other parties vying for your vote are making education one of...
Council's inaction leaves Soho Square a 'mud patch'

Published: 12 March 2010 • INTERESTING views from Councillor Jonathan Glanz regarding Soho Square – “there is very limited open space in Soho” he tells us. Indeed there is,...
English Defence League march a watershed

Published: 12 March 2010 • ON Friday afternoon March 5 it seemed that a surreal scenario appeared outside the Houses of Parliament. A motley crew of some 200 young men had left Tate Britain to...
We need bookshops not blight - Camden Council's 'unrealistic' 25% rent hike on Bloomsbury's Gay's The Word

Published: 12 March 2010 • I AGREE with Janet Nassau (Letters, March 5) about the astonishing imposition by Camden Council of a stupidly unrealistic 25 per cent rent increase on Gay’s the...
Ladele decision vindicates actions of her colleagues

Published: 12 March 2010 • UNISON is delighted the Supreme Court has rejected Lillian Ladele’s application for leave to appeal the decision against her made by the Court of Appeal last...
Stroll into radical past

Published: 12 March 2010 • I WAS delighted to read the article, Green plaque set to mark ANC’s headquarters in Angel (February 19). This site of Islington’s role in the anti-...
Where is respect?

Published: 12 March 2010 • I SHOULD like to tell you of a hate crime in one corner of Islington and to ask politicians and faith leaders how they are dealing with it. My son is 48, has been in...