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• I FOUND your front-page report (July 15) on the Stop the Tunnel Westminster protest against the HS2 proposed high-speed rail protest extremely useful.
But it is worth highlighting the fact...
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• LITERACY campaigns such as “Get London Reading” must be regarded with some degree of scepticism, I think.
For instance, I am staggered by the number of days that modern...
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“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” – Aung...
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• HOW can HfI board member Jessie White say “Residents do have direct access to board members at each board meeting. Residents are able to come and ask questions or raise concerns and the...
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• WOULD Jessie White and Richard Schunemann have us believe the expenditure of millions of borrowed money on Islington’s council housing has had no impact on the demand for repairs (...
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• I WRITE on behalf of the Friends of Gillespie Park to express our horror at the actions of Network Rail workers who this weekend completely destroyed the trees and shrubs at Drayton Park...
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• THE article by Pavan Amara about the removal of the floral tributes to Andrew Jaipaul left untold the other side of the story, the one about the residents affected by the massive disruption...
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• IN the article about the candidates for the St Peter’s by-election I was described as a veterinary nurse (It’s a two-horse race... but which two will fight it out? July 15). I...
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• THE news that William Tyndale School is re-consulting on whether to convert into an academy means there is no excuse for the school not to ballot parents about whether they should break away...
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• IN 2002, Whittington Hospital signed a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract. It cost around £30million. Using borrowed money, the hospital settled for an impressively spacious...
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• I HAVE to object to the intemperate letter (PO held to account, July 15). The writer criticised Essex Road post office because it was unable to provide him or her with an inflation-proofed...
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• WE have recently learned that the Safer Neighbourhoods Teams in Mildmay and Highbury East wards are to have a single sergeant for both wards.
In Mildmay, we have suffered from some...
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• AS I emerged from my car on June 29 I was surprised to be met by a bailiff from Camden Council who then proceeded to clamp my car.
I was told this was a result of my not paying the fine...
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• IT is sad news that the Camden graffiti artist Daniel Halpin, aka Tox, has been jailed for 27 months.
In sentencing him, Judge Peter Clarke said “There is nothing artistic about...
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ONE highlight of the rather restrained questioning of Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday: His admission that he visited No 10 Downing through the “back door” and that Alastair Campbell had...
