Latest Letters

  • Go with the flow... switch freight to canals
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • I WAS pleased to see the article on canal under-utilisation because it is helping to raise public awareness of avoidable use of HGV lorries on our roads (Canal is a...
  • Surely fairness demands we introduce a maximum wage
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • PROFESSOR Wilkinson’s report on the work of the Fairness Commission makes interesting reading but, although the recommendations are all worthy objectives,...
  • Pool lane switch shows folly of one-size-fits-all thinking
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • A RECENT experiment at Highbury Pool, planned for one month, has upset early-morning swimmers. Without notice or explanation, the previous four lanes became six,...
  • Mel’s take on gospels
    Published: 24 June 2011 DAN Carrier’s review of Mel Gibson’s new film (June 17) accuses him of seriously blotting his directorial copybook “…by the violence and the...
  • It’s all about couples being responsible
    Published: 24 June 2011 ACCORDING to Paul Dimoldenberg (Homes fit for families? June 17) it is the council’s fault that a couple with four sons are confined to a two-bedroom flat.   To me...
  • Soho gridlock goes on
    Published: 24 June 2011 TRAFFIC in and around Broadwick Street was repeatedly gridlocked last week, culminating on Friday when vehicles which had attempted to get into Broadwick Street from Berwick...
  • Still time to stop this folly
    Published: 24 June 2011 IT was pleasing to read your report on the Queen’s Birthday Honours for June A Stubbs, chairman of the Thorney Island Society and Friends of the Green Park, “for...
  • Well-deserved honours
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • THE Green Party has concerns about an honours system which so often rewards bankers and international arms manufacturers, but it’s great to be reminded that it...
  • Thanks for Tribune’s role in saving pensioner centre
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • I AM writing to express my thanks to the Tribune for its part in the recent battle to keep open the pensioner centre at Sotheby Mews. When Islington Council...
  • 20mph ban on all roads
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • I WAS very sorry to hear the sad news that a woman pedestrian was killed in Hornsey Rise, Archway, (Extend the 20mph ban, June 17).  Every road death is a...
  • What will cuts leave?
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • FOLLOWING the example of the Cameron government on the NHS, the local mental health trust has been engaged in a “discussion” on its plans to sell off St...
  • How many carbuncles?
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • ISLINGTON Council’s stealthy move to put a 22,457-gallon hot water tank in the middle of residential Finsbury may backfire (Mini-power station go-ahead ‘...
  • Support for North London Central Mosque
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • COMMITTEE members of Islington Faiths Forum wish readers to know that the North London Central Mosque in Finsbury Park is very much in our thoughts and prayers (...
  • Homeless can tuck in
    Published: 24th June, 2011 • TO put the record straight, our organisation – The Sunday Club – offers sandwiches, cakes, biscuits, tea and coffee (and soup in winter) without charge...
  • Assessing the cuts
    Published: 23 June, 2011 • IN response to Sarah Hayward’s letter (We aim to measure the impact of cuts on the vulnerable, June 16) responding to the points I make on equalities,...