Latest Letters

No place for party politics in campaign to save Whittington A&E

Published: 19 March 2010 • I’M really disappointed to see my local councillor, Greg Foxsmith, saying that the cross-party campaign to save Whittington Hospital should become a battleground...
Four-horse polls race

Published: 19 March 2010 IT was no great surprise to receive the latest Lib Dem leaflet through our letterboxes, showing a supposed graph of how Highbury East voted in the last local elections and...
This probe is welcome

Published: 19 March 2010 OVER the past few weeks I have been trying to get council leader Councillor Terry Stacy to investigate alleged irregularities at one of its building contractors. Cllr Stacy...
Code of silence in face of poverty and home seizure

Published: 19 March 2010 I HAVE just been to an Islington Leaseholders Association (ILA) meeting for the first time, and was not surprised at the anger shown towards our highly-paid councillors....
A hard-hit generation - Nearly one in five young people living here in London is now on the dole

Published: 19 March 2010 • IT is no secret young people have borne the brunt of this recession. Nearly one in five (19 per cent) young people living here in London is now on the dole...
By all means drink, but don’t be ‘insanitary’ - Soho Square drinking ban

Published: 19 March 2010 • I READ the letter from Jonathan Glanz regarding the ban on drinking in Soho Square (Booze ban’s nine years old, March 5) and I am afraid that I do not understand...
Work for Soho Square is ongoing - letter from Cllr Jonathan Glanz

• A COMPREHENSIVE and ongoing programme of works is being undertaken to Soho Square and, as a local resident, I am sure Malcolm Rasala (Mud patch, Letters March 12) is aware that those...
Escaping the concrete jungle - Backing gang 'Lakes' holidays - letter from Tristan Smith, Green Party pc, Westminster North

Published: 19 March 2010 • WESTMINSTER City Council is absolutely right to back the mentoring scheme for young gang members (‘Holiday’ go-ahead for gang, March 12). This was a...
Escaping the concrete jungle - No U-turn over gangs - letter from Cllr Daniel Astaire Cabinet member for community safety

Published: 19 March 2010 THERE has been no U-turn over the gangs project, as your paper reported, (‘Holiday’ go-ahead for gang, March 12). Before any decision was taken we simply...
Homes should be at centre of St Pancras summit

Published: 18th March 2010 • FEW other capitals throughout the world, if any, have such a unique and special place as central London – a centre for arts and culture, a hub for...
Choice doesn’t come into it – where is our school?

Published: 18th March 2010 An open letter to Camden’s political leaders: • WHERE is our school? We are parents of the Year 6 class at Christopher Hatton Primary School. Last week we...
Time for common sense with our local high streets

Published: 18th March 2010 • JOSIE Hinton’s article (Little “love” lost as shops face closure, March 11) more than adequately sums up the abysmal state of our local high...
Estate agents are so cynical

Published: 18th March 2010 • WHEN I moved into Hampstead in 1976, practically every street was disfigured by estate agent boards, often several on the same house. I was therefore...
Unhealthy!

Published: 18th March 2010 • JUST received information that the National Health Service is making health records more widely available to so-called “health professionals” which...
Messy churchyard?

Published: 18th March 2010 • I WOULD not think that St Pancras Churchyard should be opened to public (Churchyard politics, March 11). I also live in the parish and am aware that a massive...