The Independent London Newspaper
20th May 2013

Letters

Latest Letters

  • HS2 project intransigence
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • THE Queen’s Speech contained nothing of comfort to Camden citizens who stand to be harmed by the ill-conceived HS2 project. For now it trundles on with an army...
  • Champagne on the menu
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • IT seems the Eton Wall needs repointing, so the Lord Mayor of London has cordially invited me to experience the Mansion House. ‘‘A unique opportunity to...
  • Fruit & veg to be missed
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • FOR many years, we had an excellent Camden fruit and vegetable market in Inverness  Street. Over the years, pitches have been taken over by more and more stalls...
  • A nasty law!
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • WELL said James Redmond (Paying more, Letters, May 9) !  The sooner the Right to Buy law is wiped off the statute books the better. It is a nasty law and the main...
  • Leaseholders and tenants deserve efficient service
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • COUNCILLOR Julian Fulbrook and Camden have stirred up a hornets’ nest by taking leasehold contracts to the Leaseholder Valuation Tribunal and stating that tenants...
  • The reason the mayor is Labour…
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • THE reason there will be a Labour mayor in Camden (New Journal Comment, May 9) is because the people of Camden elected a majority Labour administration in 2010....
  • Loyal Flick
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • YOUR May 9 editorial – What an unseemly palaver over a mayor-making – made me think about the past seven years I have served as councillor alongside Camden...
  • Defeat these hated cuts
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • ON May 8 Camden United for Benefit Justice held a self-help community workshop at the Crossroads Women’s Centre in Kentish Town.  The aim: to defend people...
  • Immigration and UKIP
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • FURTHER to letter (Migrants who cared for me in the cancer ward, May 9) it is pleasing to hear good news of the National Health Service as opposed to the negative...
  • Not a fly in sight! Guess who’s next for extinction?
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • WHEN my wife and I first came to live in South Hampstead in 1965 there were marvellous fat furry Privet Hawk Moth Caterpillars in the front hedges, with lovely moths...
  • Exposing the vulnerable
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • I TAKE exception to your report today of an incident in Belsize Park (Pensioner found dead after blaze, May 9), because you quite clearly identify my 90-year-old mother...
  • March to stop fire station closure
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • THE tragic death of a retired civil servant in the Belsize Park area (New Journal page 1 story, May 9) has again highlighted the significance of the local fire station...
  • Street life…
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • I DO hope the developers do not pander to short-term current popular sentiment and name a King’s Cross street after Amy Winehouse either as a warning about...
  • Ed the hero?
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • INTERESTING story about Ed Miliband and the cyclist last week. Many years ago, one newsless August day ITV asked if they could visit my shop and interview me about my...
  • What care home privatisation can mean
    Published: 16 May, 2013 • THE move from Wellesley Road care home, which is council-run, to a privately-run Maitland Park emphasises the need for public scrutiny (Lump sums for staff who...