Latest Letters

  • Published: 20 August, 2010 WE all knew that a huge social battle was coming and lawyers were only a part of it. But there is now an alternative to the huge attacks on ordinary working people, argues...
  • Published: 20 August, 2010 • I WOULD like to congratulate Andrew Da Silva on his pertinent letter about Finsbury Health Centre (My challenge to people in power: show that you care, August 13)....
  • Published: 20 August, 2010 • SHIRLEY Franklin has criticised Lib Dems for not going to a protest outside Whitehall organised by the Defend the Whittington Coalition.  Lib Dem campaigners...
  • • OBJECTORS were treated in a shameful manner at the recent Islington Council planning committee meeting over the Odeon House development (A farce in five storeys, August 13). Most disgracefully...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • OBJECTORS to plans for the building known as Odeon House, next to the grade II-listed Odeon cinema in Holloway, did not receive notice of the planning committee...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • TO my disgust, I recently received a leaked email which states that Homes for Islington (HfI) resident board members have informally agreed to award themselves...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • A COUPLE of years ago I discovered Barnard Park, which has a surface ideal for boules. Wishing to promote the game in London, I approached the English Petanque...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • UNLIKE Jan Whelan (Change the tune, Terry, August 6), I want my councillor to hold the Labour council to account for the decisions it will be making in our name....
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • I WAS disappointed to read that our not-for-profit, out-of-hours doctor service, Camidoc, has lost its contract with Islington Primary Care Trust following an...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • THERE are more cyclists than ever before, now that we have the Boris bikers, but please can they use some common sense?  If as a driver I’m indicating...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • I WISH to point out the following inaccuracies in the article Keep the flowers – but not at our expense (August 6). The telephone interview leading to this...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • THE real setback regarding sustaining our Finsbury Health Centre has been the intransigence of executives of Islington Primary Care Trust board (Real setback in the...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • WHAT a lot of moaning minnies decorate your letters columns. If it isn’t the political sniping, it is complaints... never praise. Well, I like the flowers in...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • I CANNOT understand why Islington Council does not get behind organisations such as Shelter from the Storm (Homeless hostel in search of shelter from the storm, July...
  • Published: 13 August, 2010 • BEFORE May’s elections we feared the worst about the Conservatives’ housing policies if they got into power. And now, our fears are starting to come true...