Latest Letters

  • More is less for NHS
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • THE Camden and Islington NHS Foundation chief executive Wendy Wallace, is clearly deserving of her 11 per cent rise, and is well worth the £145,000 she...
  • Trees need nurturing
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • SPACE has been left in the pavements of the Camden High Street for a new round of tree-planting.   Some caution though; with the refurbishment of Inverness...
  • Please chip in, Michael
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • NOW that Michael Palin (Letters, September 16) has pointed out the poor state of a lovely old bridges, maybe something can be done.  Funding is difficult...
  • Safe and sound policy?
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • IS tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in Camden a peripheral issue for the Labour council?   It doesn’t appear to be very high on the priority...
  • Promises!
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • YOUR front page (It’s up for grabs now! September 16) makes me wonder about Labour’s election promise of no more sell-offs.  When I saw an...
  • More spine less spin!
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • YET again the New Journal has allowed itself to be used as a PR vehicle for Alastair Campbell as he continues on his pathetic and rather blatant image-rebuilding...
  • Councillor who was a friend to all
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • I WAS saddened to learn of the passing of Councillor David Horan.  I have had the grace of meeting Dave on many an occasion.  He had often held many...
  • Speak up!
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • THERE was a sad realisation at the last full Camden Council that Ellen Luby, the one constant member of the public who has been with us all these years, is no...
  • We don’t simply follow our union leaders
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • FOR a councillor, Jonny Bucknell displays a naively simplistic view (Letters, September 16) of both fare-paying public transport users and industrial relations....
  • Fragmentation of NHS
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • YES! The NHS is at a crossroads, (Forum by Dr Rhiannon Lloyd, September 16). The recent rush of changes ignore what patients and the general public want. Why is...
  • An eye on the wharf
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • BURIED in Dan Carrier’s piece on Hawley Wharf (Coming soon? The wharf of little independent shops, September 16) was the brief sentence: “…a...
  • It’s been a tough week for Roman Catholics and for religious toleration
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • IT’S been a tough week for Catholics.  Journalists and letter-writers who profess themselves liberals have published views that would make the far-...
  • Thoughts on the ‘superlab’
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • A REPLY to UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (Our scientists have an exemplary safety record, Letters September 16). You tell me some day I may die of...
  • Gang who tried to rob me is an example of failed society
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • ON August 3 at exactly 20 minutes to midnight I was attacked by a gang of teenagers who attempted to rob me on Primrose Hill, less than 30 yards from busy...
  • Power-share? No thanks
    Published: 23 September, 2010 • HAS Councillor Theo Blackwell (Sharing staff may save a fortune, September 16) finally lost the plot with the basic mathematics? Surely he cannot be serious about...