Dear Editor, The disastrous Stables Market fire in Camden Town was tackled efficiently by London Fire Brigade fire-fighters, who deserve our thanks and praise: but would they not have got there even quicker, if Belsize Fire Station had not been closed by Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson? His unnecessary fire cuts are now regularly revealed to have been a false economy […]
Read moreDear Editor, It is good to see that the new police contact point is to open in the old Hampstead Town Hall, for which I also campaigned. It was ludicrous that the local police had been forbidden to spend £30 on this; even the Mayor agreed with me about it, when I challenged him at Mayor’s Question Time. However, let […]
Read moreDear Editor, Superintendent Corkill has been put in a difficult position, having to spin the Mayor’s line that there will be more police officers. Compared to now or 2011, when the Met was at its lowest numbers, that is the case. But that artificial date was selected by the Mayor to make things look better than they really are. […]
Read moreDear Editor, Cllr Cornelius, Conservative leader of Barnet Council, has shown just how out of touch he is by suggesting that the average person in the street would think it was fair to cut £45,000 from Mapledown School. (Times 27/3/14) He was banking on your readers not seeing the heart rending account on your front page of what this means […]
Read moreProfessor Alderman ( letters 10/4/14) is right about the need for a pelican crossing on Colindeep Lane and he is right about the foot dragging, buck passing , and lack of information from Conservative Barnet Council. They blamed TfL, so I raised the issue at the last Mayor’s Question Time. The answer was: Barnet’s completed scheme submission was received […]
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