Conservative Cllr Hall AM ( letters 15/2/18) and the Conservative leader of Barnet Council, Cllr Cornelius ( Times 15/2/18) complaints about police numbers are arrant hypocrisy. It’s their Conservative Government that has imposed cut after cut on the Met.’s budget. Since 2010, the Met.’s Government grant funding has fallen by more than £700 million, nearly 40 per cent in real […]
Read moreDear editor, I was intrigued by the comments of Chipping Barnet MP Theresa Villiers to Sky News, when she argued that the Prime Minister was diluting Brexit so much that it almost wasn’t worth going through with it. She is wrong. It was never worth going through with in the first place, no matter what form Brexit takes. Ms Villers […]
Read moreI was appalled to read yet again ( Ham and High 4/1/18) about the problems Ms Mary Hassell, the Senior Coroner for Inner North London, has caused for bereaved Jewish and Muslim families. I recall these problems began several years ago after her move from Wales, where she probably did not have experience of the needs of minority communities. One […]
Read moreDear editor, Letter for publication: the Budget Last week’s Budget did nothing to help Londoners deal with the challenges we face posed by Brexit, rising crime and security and safety concerns, the housing crisis, or toxic air quality. With the Brexit negotiations in chaos, and the economic impact of the current uncertainty being felt across the capital, the Budget was […]
Read moreSo Theresa Villiers MP (Times 2/11/17) criticises the Mayor for the decision to close Barnet Police Station’s front counter, (though there will be local sessions for those who wish to have a face to face discussion with a police officer). What she abjectly fails to criticise, is her Conservative Government’s decisions, time and again, to deprive the Metropolitan Police of […]
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