Latest Letters

  • Paying for leaky roofs
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • WHILE it is true that Spa Green is a grade II*-listed estate, it is not true that “special materials” were responsible for the tragic and astronomical...
  • Speed curb saves live
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • YOUR article (20mph lobby targets our busiest road, September 24) included a most extraordinary quote. It was from the Islington Taxpayers’ Alliance...
  • Opera’s real pioneers
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • WHILE I wish Adam Spreadbury-Maher all the best with his first opera season at The King’s Head Theatre, I would like to point out that the 60-seat Rosemary...
  • Fine words, little action
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • TONY Hoolaghan has made a poor start to his claim that NHS Islington is “working extremely hard to ensure the best future” for Berthold Lubetkin’s...
  • Does park need a cat?
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • WHAT is happening to Whittington Park in Archway? About two-and-a-half years ago a large hole was dug beside the new artifical football pitch. This was going to be a...
  • It’s not unions, it’s suits that are ruining the Tube service
    Published: 30 September, 2010 • RICHARD Ellison comments on Cllr Jonny Bucknell’s apparently complacent view that it is OK to close Tube stations if there are not enough staff (We don...
  • Oppose the cuts: we need a more reasonable approach
    Published: 30 September, 2010 • AS you report, the council will certainly be forced to make cuts in services as a result of the Coalition’s decision to slash the deficit at all costs (...
  • As Ed steps up to lead, the words of Lord Bingham echo like Cassandra
    ILLTYD HARRINGTON: ‘AS I PLEASE’ Published: 30 September, 2010 AFTER endless self-congratulation and mutual admiration, the unspoken conclusion was “uneasy lies the Ed that wears...
  • Miliband is best leader to defeat this government
    He’s not ‘Red Ed’, he’s ‘Our Ed’, says Glenda Jackson, as she offers her support for his election as the Labour Party’s 20th leader Published: 30 September,...
  • Is a half-hour off the journey to Brum really worth all this?
    EDITOR'S COMMENT Published: 30 September, 2010 IS one expected to take seriously the proposal to demolish four blocks of flats on the Regent’s Park Estate housing 500 families – in order...
  • Why we had to sell
    Published: 30 September, 2010 •  REGARDING our proposed sale of a property in Calthorpe Street, let’s get the facts straight (September 16). It was bought by Community Housing...
  • Academy for those struggling with fees?
    Published: 30 September, 2010 • ADELINA Hysenaj says: “The academy was good news for parents who couldn’t afford to pay for other schools” (Parents to fight academy delay,...
  • An old-school believer in equality and social justice
    Published: 30 September, 2010 • ON behalf of Leighton Road Neighbourhood Association I would like to add to the warm tributes to Councillor Dave Horan (Labour stalwart fought for other people to...
  • Growth starts at the top
    Published: 30 September, 2010 • TOM Foot was over-generous to Richard Arthur, chairman of Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (War of words at the NHS trust, September 16). Mr Arthur says...
  • Profit is not our motive
    Published: 30 September, 2010 •  A NUMBER of contributors implied that  the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI) was being set up to make money (September 23). It is...