Latest Letters

  • My protest over band
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • A TREAT for Echo and the Bunnymen fans this Saturday when frontman Ian McCulloch will play in Islington. Though fans would not be surprised to know that Echo and the...
  • Long wait for a bill
    • I AM a leaseholder about to go to the Leaseholders Valuation Tribunal to challenge Islington Council on the grounds of “lack of transparency” in regard to Homes for Islington...
  • Peaceful neighbourhood no place for venue like this
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • THE decision-makers at Islington Council who have approved a drinks licence, seven days a week, in one of the quietest areas of Islington need to be locked up in the...
  • Protect the lower paid
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • I WELCOME Islington’s decision to cut the chief executive’s salary by £50,000 a year, reflecting the difficult times we face. The years ahead will...
  • Leave the Roamer alone, it’s good for our business
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • I READ with disappointment your report of the Greens once again trying to impose their will on the majority of residents (Greens want to drive the Roamer out, April 8...
  • New hospital chief would have us pay for treatment
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • IT is horrifying to read that Dr Yi Mien Koh, the new chief executive at Whittington Hospital (or should we already call it Whittington Health?) is planning for the...
  • FORUM: Protest inspiration from the 19th-century ‘slaves of capital’
    Published: 15 April, 2011 by KEITH FLETT THE activists from UK Uncut, who regularly take action on tax evasion and avoidance issues – some of whom were arrested at Fortnum and Masons on...
  • When I hear the word…
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • ILLTYD Harrington is wrong (April 8) Hermann Goering did not coin the phrase: “Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun.” It’s from a...
  • We could be self-sufficient
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • WHILE we support the government’s work to drive down the deficit, we could do so much more to promote economic growth if the local government finance system was...
  • AV lends power to the extremists
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • I WANT to draw attention to one particular side of the argument against the alternative vote that has a particular resonance for the West End. West End is the home to...
  • TfL should think bike
    Published: 15 April, 2011 • WITH cycling casualties now so commonplace in London, with cyclists being killed or injured by heavy vehicles, it is disturbing to learn that Transport for London...
  • Cycling carnage goes on
    Published: 14 April, 2011 • OUR deepest sympathy must go to the family and friends of the cyclist (Woman, 20, is latest cycle death victim –shocked witnesses tried to save student trapped...
  • Bin this costly office move
    Published: 14 April, 2011 • WHAT a disgrace (Revolt threatens £100m offices move, April 7).   While Camden residents struggle with cuts, officers continue planning for their plush...
  • Why do they make lovely spring trees look so ugly?
    Published: 14 April, 2011 • NOW should be a time when admiring the spring trees should make walking the streets a pleasure; a few well-grown cherries in flower can transform an area of...
  • CNJ COMMENT - Royal or republican – where’s democracy?
    Published: 14 April, 2011 IN the gathering fever over the royal wedding, the council could not have been requested to consider a more sensitive application than the one submitted by Republic to stage...