Latest Letters

  • Regime’s true colours
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • UNLIKE Jan Whelan (Change the tune, Terry, August 6), I want my councillor to hold the Labour council to account for the decisions it will be making in our name....
  • Healthy profits
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • I WAS disappointed to read that our not-for-profit, out-of-hours doctor service, Camidoc, has lost its contract with Islington Primary Care Trust following an...
  • Cameras on traffic lights
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • THERE are more cyclists than ever before, now that we have the Boris bikers, but please can they use some common sense?  If as a driver I’m indicating...
  • Wrong report
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • I WISH to point out the following inaccuracies in the article Keep the flowers – but not at our expense (August 6). The telephone interview leading to this...
  • My challenge to people in power: show that you care
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • THE real setback regarding sustaining our Finsbury Health Centre has been the intransigence of executives of Islington Primary Care Trust board (Real setback in the...
  • Stop moaning. Let floral displays lift your spirits
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • WHAT a lot of moaning minnies decorate your letters columns. If it isn’t the political sniping, it is complaints... never praise. Well, I like the flowers in...
  • Database
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • THE creation of a national housing database will be a huge step forward for social housing tenants.  Poor mobility within the sector prevents hundreds of...
  • Protect us from Rachman and rats
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • HITHERTO various UK governments have sought to abolish council housing by eradicating council housing stock.  Now the idea is to abolish council housing by...
  • Cut down the noise
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • EILEEN Fry (The trouble with bicycles for hire! Letters, August 6) is certainly right to object to contractors engaging in noisy work during unsocial hours,...
  • Legacy of weaponry
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • THIS month the international ban on cluster weapons came into being. While the ban is to be welcomed, for many it will have come too late, they have been either...
  • Loss of Freedom Pass will mean losing much more
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • I AGREE with Illtyd Harrington views concerning the attack on the Freedom Pass (August 6). This will cause hardship and distress to older people who rely on their...
  • FORUM: Beware Tories’ ghettos for the rich
    Published: 13 August, 2010 LONDON boroughs including Camden and Westminster may well become virtual no-go areas for any household on a low income looking to find a home in the private rented...
  • Shelter is good value
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • I CANNOT understand why Islington Council does not get behind organisations such as Shelter from the Storm (Homeless hostel in search of shelter from the storm, July...
  • Threat to your home
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • BEFORE May’s elections we feared the worst about the Conservatives’ housing policies if they got into power. And now, our fears are starting to come true...
  • Fabric of the community
    Published: 12 August, 2010 • SPEAKING about ending lifelong council tenancies, Prime Minister David Cameron says “…it is unfair that people simply stayed for life in the same home,...