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Letter for publication: Anti-Immigrant Van

Dear Editor   Your story (1/8/13) on the Government’s advert van against  illegal migration reports  that  it has appeared on the streets of Barnet.  I am surprised that Cllr Longstaff, who is supposed to be  the Conservative council cabinet member for community engagement, says that he has “no problem with the van” even though he was unconvinced it would work. […]

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Letter for publication Syria

Dear Editor, I share the outrage people feel at the unfolding horror we are witnessing today in Syria. The country appears to be at risk of disintegrating as a nation state, with sectarian identities entrenching, communities shattered and the population brutalised. To my mind, the correct time for intervention would have been two years ago, before Al Qaida and the […]

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September 21st Letter to Editor: Beaufort Park

Dear editor So Conservative Cllr. Tom Davey has finally let the cat out of the bag. Barnet’s answer to Basil Fawlty, with his “no riff raff” approach, has confirmed the Conservative secret housing agenda of social engineering and gerrymandering, with their switch of a planned and approved 238 affordable homes on Beaufort Park to properties for sale on the open […]

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Fares Motion

3.6 Fares Motion  Motion in the name of Valerie Shawcross AM, to be seconded Andrew Dismore AM: “The Assembly notes that the Mayor promised in his 2012 manifesto that: “Londoners deserve honesty and openness over fare setting. My approach will ensure that fares will be lower in the long term…By cutting waste at TfL my approach will keep fares low […]

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