Latest Letters

  • Patient falls victim to the great parking penalty rip-off
    Published: 9 April, 2010 • IT is disgraceful that Chana Suri Hoffman was ripped off by the bailiffs to the tune of £580 because she had paid-and-displayed at Whittington Hospital but...
  • Spot the difference
    Published: 9 April, 2010 • ISLINGTON Living Streets is holding a council election hustings meeting at 7.30pm on Monday in committee room 1 at Islington town hall. The open session will be a...
  • Mandatory internment
    Published: 9 April, 2010 • I AM coming up for having been unemployed for a year, a qualified college lecturer of psychology but unemployed because there are no jobs in my sector. I am being...
  • Two-horse polls races
    Published: 9 April, 2010 • WHILE canvassing on the Marquess estate, in Canonbury, a young couple said that the Lib Dems had told them that it was a two-horse race between Labour and the Lib...
  • It’s time to rock boat
    Published: 9 April, 2010 • I WAS extremely amused to read that the Labour, Conservative and Green parties have suddenly decided that Homes for Islington (HfI) is now considered to be...
  • Arch will spoil views
    Published: 9 April, 2010 • I SHOULD like to endorse the reported comments of Councillor Martin Klute about the proposed “arch” over Finsbury Square – that the square gardens...
  • Dangerous roundabout
    Published: 9 April, 2010 • THE Tribune has reported on the collision at the junction of Southgate Road and Northchurch Road, Islington, sadly resulting in serious injury to a cyclist. Your...
  • Problems on estate continue to escalate
    Published: 8 April, 2010 • I HAVE lived in the Regent’s Park ward in Camden for 25 years but over the last three I have noticed a deterioration in the services offered. We recently had a...
  • A slash-and-burn policy that hits caretaking
    Published: 8 April, 2010 • SINCE the Liberal Democrats and Tories took over control of Camden Council they embarked on a slash and burn agenda, removing the human face of the council away...
  • Letters to the Editor - Morality and manifestos
    Published: 8 April, 2010 • HAVING enjoyed the Easter funfair on Hampstead Heath, with two more to follow, as in past years, no threat to them is perceived – yet, the Labour Party...
  • Letters to the Editor - Tenants fight for rights
    Published: 8 April, 2010 • TENANTS from a number different housing associations based in Camden, including PCHA/ Genesis, CHA/ One Housing Group, Circle 33 and Peabody Trust, recently came...
  • Letters to the Editor - Even Victorians were more open on civil servants’ pay
    Published: 8 April, 2010 • FOLLOWING the letter about pay rates among Camden’s senior staff (Meet the secret bonus squad, April 1), let’s keep the pot boiling on the topic of senior...
  • Camden New Journal Comment - We can’t help but ask questions about Jennyfer’s life
    Published: 8 April, 2010 IN many ways a sense of impotence on the part of council officials seems to run through the statement by Jim Wintour, director of housing and adult care, over the tragic...
  • Letters Extra - Appointments lottery
    Published: 8 April, 2010 • FURTHER to the letter about the Royal Free hospital (Patients put off with ‘bumped’ appointments, March 25) rest assured, that the appointments letter...
  • Improving the space by Cobden’s statue
    Published: 8 April, 2010 • IN response to the letter (Cobden plan is inspiring, April 1), I would like to share with readers the plans Camden Council has in place to develop the local community...