Latest Letters

  • A betrayal by ‘democratic’ Liberals and Tories
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • I HOPE the Liberal Democrats on Camden Council, usually talking glibly of democratic rights etc, will be looking askance at their Tory partners on the council and in...
  • Super lab danger
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • AS a resident of Somers Town who understands the need for research laboratories I am, however, dismayed by UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation’s...
  • Protect ambulance drivers
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • IMPOSING parking fines on ambulance drivers carrying out their role in helping very ill patients is deplorable (New Journal, August 12).  Not only are patients...
  • Dust and noise nightmare
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • I AND other residents of a Camden sheltered housing block in Hampstead Road, NW1, are in complete amazement at the way we are being treated by the council. ...
  • Beware speculators who wreck our communities
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • GO into one of the coffee outlets in Southampton Row, for example, and it is a sure bet that you will see a commuter sitting in front of his/her laptop. The purchase...
  • Who pays for education?
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • I READ with dismay that a local church is intending to open a free school in Camden.  We already have a disproportionate number of church (Roman Catholic/Church...
  • Free schools may be costly to our children’s futures
    Published: 19 August, 2010 EDITOR'S COMMENT THE drums beating for new powers to allow parents to start their own schools were first heard in Toby Young’s column in the Spectator –a...
  • Modernise the UK economy with a Green New Deal
    In the face of environmental crisis, reducing inequality in our society would benefit everyone – even the wellbeing of the wealthy increases in a more equal society, argues Green Party activist...
  • Lobby for our florists!
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • WE are all appalled at the prospect of losing Bonnie Blooms (Petal fatigue: Florists faces closure, August 12). Could there not be an offer from the Park Inn hotel...
  • Think again on Crown Estate sales
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • THE Crown Estate’s proposed sale of its four London residential estates, predominately providing affordable housing to key workers, has exposed the...
  • Nothing positive
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • I WAS surprised while on holiday to receive a text from your reporter asking me for my response to “stabbings in Gospel Oak” about which I knew nothing....
  • A trust in secrecy?
    Published: 19 August, 2010 • RECENT events lead to the view that the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust sees itself as a branch of the secret service.   This foundation trust has...
  • A farce in five storeys
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • OBJECTORS to plans for the building known as Odeon House, next to the grade II-listed Odeon cinema in Holloway, did not receive notice of the planning committee...
  • My disgust at payments
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • TO my disgust, I recently received a leaked email which states that Homes for Islington (HfI) resident board members have informally agreed to award themselves...
  • Cool boules on a roll
    Published: 13 August, 2010 • A COUPLE of years ago I discovered Barnard Park, which has a surface ideal for boules. Wishing to promote the game in London, I approached the English Petanque...