Latest Letters

  • Of reds, Eds and brotherly love
    Published: 7 October, 2010 ILLTYD HARRINGTON: ‘AS I PLEASE’ THERE was a time when I sang along optimistically with Bob Dylan – the times they are a changing. What on earth is...
  • Make the future Green
    We must invest in a sustainable society now, argues Green Party councillor Maya De Souza Published: 7 October, 2010 RECENT local news has rightly been about cuts to services, scaling back...
  • Don’t be so miserable, this festival is a jolly good thing
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • WHAT a load of miseries objecting to the Christmas Winter Festival proposal for Islington Green (Dream of a Green Christmas, September 24). I’m sure Charles...
  • Saga of the Aga which even an ‘expert’ failed to re-light
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • REGARDING the row with a gas fitter from Skanska, other Aga-owning residents also had bad experiences, and will, like me, feel sympathetic to the couple you wrote...
  • FORUM: With Ed Miliband as leader, Labour’s new generation is ready for the fight
    Published: 1 October, 2010 by EMILY THORNBERRY Humble about its past and idealistic about its  future, Labour has moved on. Its aim must now be to help create the good society LISTENING to...
  • Army of volunteers – but for what?
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • I AM afraid your correspondent Troy Wear has misunderstood what Westminster Conservatives are really about when they call for Westminster Council to be run by...
  • Losing King Charles…
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • CONTRARY to the suggestion made in your article (Who cut down King Charles and Jermyn? September 24), we take public art extremely seriously in Westminster and value...
  • Counting the people on streets
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • I WAS a bit puzzled about the contents of your news brief (Guardians under fire, September 24) which said City Hall was on course to slash the number of City...
  • Regeneration – tell us what you think
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • I WRITE to reassure residents that no decisions have been made over the plans to regenerate Church Street and Paddington Green as suggested in your article (‘...
  • The Crown Estate case is the thin end of the wedge
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • THAT an investment company whose identity we’re not allowed to know is moving in on the Crown Estate is dismaying, though not surprising, given the...
  • FORUM: In a changing world, how do we fund our future?
    Published: 1 October, 2010 by DANIEL ASTAIRE In an era of cuts, coupled with increased demand for social care, local authorities have to make some tough choices LOCAL authorities across the...
  • Lessons from ghetto
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • READING Claude Coopersmith’s letter (Ghetto talk provocative, September 24) I know how my father, a victim of anti-semitism, would have felt – shame....
  • Demolition a last resort
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • DESPITE our political differences, we have been impressed by the decisive action taken by the Islington Council executive member who has worked with the Roundhouse...
  • Narrow the pay gap
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • I WAS extremely pleased to read that Islington Council has made the decision to bring its cleaning services back in-house (Clean break for Town Hall, September 17...
  • Let’s fight ‘fair’ cuts
    Published: 1 October, 2010 • CONGRATS to the correspondents who highlighted the fightback against brutal cuts in social services (As Con-Dem cuts bite, it’s up to everyone to join fight,...