Latest Letters

  • Childminders can fill the gap
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • IT is sad, of course, to see a playcentre closed, with some job losses (Plot 10 is our world, December 16). However, it does not necessarily mean that children whose...
  • Better at cutting
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • I DON’T often take issue with Councillor Keith Moffitt, but I did smile at his references to Camden’s “Lib Dem-led” administration (The Town...
  • No ladder for the less fortunate
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • THE message being peddled to the young people of Camden by Tory MP Mike Freer is simply appalling (Tory MP: ‘university is not right for everyone’,...
  • Consumer power rules
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • AS many readers will know, an investigation by Private Eye last year found that Vodafone had reached an agreement with the government’s tax collecting...
  • Staffing just the ticket
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • COUNCILLOR Gio Spinella castigates the Tube strike on Boxing Day and alleges that “one of the pretexts for this industrial action was the impending closure of...
  • We’re not all suffering from a ‘superlabotomy’ over safety hazards
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • COUNCILLOR Peter Brayshaw is misleading in his statement that local objections to the Somers Town “superlab” were outnumbered by objections from around...
  • Fares rise not so fair
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • EARLIER this week, local activists in Camden were joined at West Hampstead tube station by Ken Livingstone to protest against Boris Johnson’s huge fare...
  • How to control dog owners
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • YOU have reported at least two instances of death and/or injuries, from dogs.  The dangerous dogs legislation has clearly proved inadequate.  What is...
  • St Luke’s could shelter the homeless
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • IT’S chilling to see homeless people in this cold snap. Why can’t Richard Arthur let them use St Luke’s Hospital for shelter this Christmas as it...
  • Why was he honoured?
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • CAN someone please explain just what this Nasim [Nash] Ali did to deserve an honour? We have people serving as long-term councillors in this borough who have worked...
  • First question after my friend died: Is the situation permanent?
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • I ASSUME that your correspondent who was given a parking ticket while delivering to a charity shop was caught on a camera (No charity with parking, Letters, December...
  • Think again about closing a centre that’s our lifeline
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • AS a regular member of Great Croft Resource Centre, I want to express my shock on hearing it is to be closed. I have been attending Great Croft since it started at...
  • Price of protest: hit by a baton and stamped upon
    Published: 6 January, 2011 • I WAS on the edge of a group of protesters in Parliament Square, standing peacefully. We weren’t even moving. Suddenly, police on foot in full body armour (and...
  • CNJ COMMENT: Can this really be the year our cherished music dies?
    Published: 6 January, 2011 RIDICULE can make politicians feel small. If so, may we highlight a rather ridiculous state of affairs at the Town Hall. All signs point to a decimation of the great music...
  • FORUM: For some climate change is already harsh reality
    Published: 6 January, 2011 Council leader Nash Ali and barrister Robert Latham report from their ­current visit to Bangladesh  IN 2011, the political agenda will be dominated by the...