Latest Letters

  • Why negative attitude to an academy?
    Published: 18th March 2010 • I AM writing to express my disappointment at the continuing negativity of the local Labour Party towards the new UCL academy, which is to be located in Adelaide...
  • True meaning of Never Again
    Published: 18th March 2010 • WE brought together Auschwitz survivor Dr Hajo Meyer and Palestinian activist Dr Haidar Eid, whom the Israeli blockade prevented from leaving Gaza but who...
  • Politics of Milton and left-wingers
    Published: 18th March 2010 Peter Jones, a former director at Plymouth Argyle, drove Michael Foot up and down the country for matches – home and away. Here is the tribute he made at his...
  • Apolitical
    Published: 18th March 2010 • I AM writing as a parent governor of Carlton Primary School, to distance myself from the letter of Sean Birch (Tell us why five primaries are to ‘lose...
  • Voters and power of the press
    Published: 18th March 2010 • I WAS surprised to receive a leaflet from the Gospel Oak Labour candidates, with a bold headline claiming that the New Journal had exposed the profiteering of...
  • A waste
    Published: 18th March 2010 • YOU report (March 11) that the 48p-a-copy booklet Love Camden, produced early last autumn by the council to promote independent shops, has been a failure. I am...
  • Left out!
    Published: 18th March 2010 • YOUR article (Little ‘love’ lost as shops face closure, March 11) on the failure of the council’s campaign – at a cost of over £...
  • Work with retailers
    Published: 18th March 2010 • IN response to your article (Little ‘love’ lost as shops face closure, March 11) I have to say that Camden Council has done a lot more than just...
  • How safe?
    Published: 18th March 2010 • HOW safe is a Crown Estate tenancy? If a Crown property is sold to a social landlord a regulated tenancy becomes a secure tenancy (page 6 of the Crown...
  • For cyclists
    Published: 18th March 2010 • SARAH Hayward complains about changes in Regent Square (Here to stay, March 11).  The reason that Regent Square is being made two-way is to facilitate the...
  • More seats, please
    Published: 18th March 2010 • THE refurbishment  of the main entrance at the Royal Free Hospital is almost complete. However, there are only six seats at the main inquiry area. Surely...
  • Essential to know where
    Published: 18th March 2010 • AS I do not wish to be responsible for lost souls wandering the streets of Camden, I would like to correct the detail in my letter (Essentials, March 11)....
  • Lording it over us?
    Published: 18th March 2010 • AS the scandal around Tory non-dom millionaire backer and chief strategist Lord Ashcroft refuses to go away, I wandered up West End Lane noticing the...
  • Let’s have courage to demand the £283m we’re owed for homes
    Published: 18th March 2010 • ON Saturday, I went to a silly auction for sensible people. Choice properties were on offer. I bought the town hall for two bob (10p) and a bag of chips. Very...
  • London is failing this recession-hit generation
    Published: 18th March 2010 • IT is no secret that young people have borne the brunt of this recession. Nearly one in five (19 per cent) young people living here in London is now on the...