Latest Letters

  • Our estate is just great
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • FOR the second week running, Popham Estate Tenants and Residents Association (Petra) is rubbishing our estate (Poet is not averse to complaints in rhyme, January...
  • Greening of the Corner
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • IT is good to hear that money has been found for improvements to the layout at Highbury Corner (Pedestrians ‘reclaim’ roundabout from gridlocked...
  • Park needs its Friends
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • THIS year will see the 25th anniversary of the wonderful Gillespie Park festival – if it goes ahead.  Gillespie Park itself only exists thanks...
  • Keep profit out of NHS
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • WHEN cuts are being made, why spend more on this new NHS system? Calculations by the Health Service Journal suggest the new model could cost £1.2bn more than...
  • As the cuts axe starts to fall, remember who is to blame
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • LOCAL government obtains the greatest part of its income from central government, supplementing this through council tax. Curiously, some poorer boroughs such as...
  • Parking curbs are driving our shops out of business
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • NOT such a happy new year for businesses – VAT increase, parking permit rises, business rates, roadworks and inflation. All issues that are causing more than...
  • Toast a new era at the Duke
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • MAY I congratulate you on your article on the continuance of the Duke of Hamilton pub in Hampstead (February 3). The end of one era, the start of another so,...
  • Spirit of mutual liking
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • IT was heartening to read Dan Carrier's account of the memorial service to community campaigner Joan Stally (February 3) at which “Labour councillor Roger...
  • Planning to eat out in Kentish Town
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • RE the possible closure of ITTA pizzas because of planning problems (Pizza boss burned by cooking regulations, February 3) – sorry Caroline Hill, of Kentish...
  • Window of opportunity is sealed shut
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • MY window has a defective hinge which I first called the council about in 2009.  I have had 25 to 30 people coming from Camden since then and they never...
  • Foot’s ability to reflect
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • “MICHAEL Foot was too cultured for the Commons… he was a writer, a philosopher, a tremendous humanist… What is missing today in the Press is...
  • Day resource centre closure will pose ‘lonely deaths’ risk
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • THE letter from Councillor Pat Callaghan (Meeting needs of the vulnerable, Letters, January 27) unfortunately contains at least one piece of misinformation. ...
  • Rich must share their wealth
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • WELL done for publishing the article We’re going begging to the bankers (New Journal January 27).  It’s not a crime to make money but it is a...
  • Why cutting grants will lead to far greater expense
    Published: 11 February, 2011 • WE fully understand why cuts have to be made in these austere time, but to go for the soft touch and rob the elderly and infirm of what to them is a lifeline is...
  • CNJ COMMENT- Can going local save threatened centres for the elderly?
    Published: 11 February, 2011 LOOKING back on the year 2011, local historians may focus on February as the month that shaped Camden’s future.  This week nearly 5,000 staff at the Town Hall...