Dear editor, West Hendon’s Conservative Councillor really should not be such a naïve hypocrite, nor should she unduly frighten people about the incidence of crime in the ward. As your report showed, the most prevalent crimes in West Hendon are shoplifting and theft- hardly a surprise, when Brent Cross Shopping Centre is in the ward. She should also accept her […]
Read moreDear Editor, This week marks Disabled Access Day and serves as a reminder of the huge amount of work that still needs to be done to ensure that London is a city truly open to all. For those with disabilities and mobility issues, navigating London’s largely inaccessible transport system can be a stressful and sometimes alienating experience. At City Hall, […]
Read moreWB Yeats’s 1919 poem, ‘the Second Coming’ is surely relevant to Mrs May’s Brexit scheme: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. The close result of the […]
Read moreI think Cllr. Cooper is once again trying to pull the wool over your readers’ eyes. He suggests that as the average Londoner pays more tax centrally, it would cost Londoners more to fund the police from central Government than it would by funding through local taxation. As a tax economist, Cllr Cooper knows full well that the only alternative […]
Read moreDear editor, I am amazed at Cllr Oliver Cooper’s inability to grasp arithmetic and the detail of police funding, in his letter replying to mine. He refers to the figure of an extra £172 million- as did I. it is from then on we differ. He refers to the ‘government’s funding announcement’ , inferring that this money comes from government. […]
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