Latest Letters

  • When fighting cuts we can’t afford the luxury of division
    Published: 11th March, 2011 • I AM one of the IHOOPS (Islington Hands off our Public Services) joint chairs but I write my own views here in response to the two letters last week that sought to...
  • Remember the Queen’s bed and Michael Fagan?
    Published: 11 March 2011 • NICE to read Diary’s positive item about Michael Fagan (Queen’s bed Fagan back at Old Bailey, March 4).  Amazing that his Buckingham Palace visitation...
  • Co-operative a really healthy option
    Published: 11 March 2011 • THE People’s Supermarket (West End Extra, March 4) is a lively co-operative community enterprise aiming to supply affordable, healthy, local food that...
  • Fitzrovia fears over empty property
    Published: 11 March 2011 • REGARDLESS of the wealth of our new neighbour, the recent invasion of the property in Fitzroy Square (Guy Ritchie’s squatters get both barrels! February 18) was...
  • There is an alternative – join the TUC march against cuts
    Published: 11 March 2011 • THE effects of the government’s deep cuts in public spending are now being felt in communities across the United Kingdom.  Not only are thousands of jobs...
  • Time will surely be kind to LS Lowry’s reputation
    Published: 11 March 2011 • LS Lowry (pictured) lived a long and productive life (1887-1976) but sadly he did not reach 100 (misprint, Why the Tate must liberate Lowry from its vaults,...
  • Insurance lowdown
    Published: 11 March 2011 • WHY should I, an experienced truck driver with an unblemished record, pay more for car insurance simply because I’m male?  I have regularly parked my...
  • All together, so pay up
    Published: 11 March 2011 • IT does seem a reasonable request by the Labour opposition leader on Westminster City Council for Tory councillors to make a contribution of a pay cut (March 4) as...
  • Our data on demand…
    Published: 11 March 2011 • THE Office for National Statistics, who are conducting the upcoming census, assure us our data are safe with them for 100 years.   Doubtless the ONS wouldn’...
  • Rough sleeping is unacceptable
    Published: 11 March 2011 • FINALLY, Westminster Council have got serious in their plans to end rough sleeping in the borough, and the horrible soup runs and daily begging which blight the areas...
  • Shops show how to do it
    Published: 11 March, 2011 • I’VE never written to a newspaper before, but I would just like to say what a breath of fresh air it was to see a nice, clean Tesco Local opening soon, and also...
  • Trucks bear load of guilt
    Published: 11 March, 2011 • CONGRATULATIONS to Peter Gruner and the Tribune. It is now publicly established that councillors are legally entitled to exclude Veolia Environmental Services from...
  • FORUM: Illtyd harrington: ‘as i please’
    Published: 10 March, 2011 by ILLTYD HARRINGTON MRS John Calvin Peoples died last month aged 89 in her Beverley Hills mansion.  Mrs Peoples in her day caused something like a Bermuda hurricane...
  • Insurance lowdown
    Published: 10 March, 2011 • WHY should I, an experienced truck driver with an unblemished record, pay more for car insurance simply because I’m male?  I have regularly parked my...
  • Time will be kind to Lowry
    Published: 10 March, 2011 • LS Lowry lived a long and productive life (1887-1976) but sadly he did not reach 100 (misprint, Why the Tate must liberate Lowry from its vaults, Review, March 3)....