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  • Local issues
    Published: 11 May, 2012 • Following the May 3 by-election we look forward to working with all our councillors on the issues which are of concern to local residents: namely, phone boxes in...
  • Our campaign was about community activism
    Published: 11 May, 2012 • Thanks to all of you who voted for me in the Hyde Park ward by-election. It was with your support and encouragement we secured the best result ever for the labour...
  • Now it’s time to get down to the important election
    Published: 11 May, 2012 • Now we can get down to the really important election - for the next Lord Mayor of Westminster! Whereas every resident had a vote in deciding between Boris, Ken and the...
  • Third place
    Published: 11 May, 2012 • We came third! Huge thanks to all those who voted Green, whether for me in West Central, for Jenny Jones as mayor or for the party’s London-wide list. All those...
  • Fresh start
    Published: 11 May, 2012 • As the new councillor for Hyde Park ward, I would like to thank those who voted for me but I’d also like to be a voice on the council for everyone in the area,...
  • May days are for workers
    Published: 11 May, 2012 • Early May includes two historically significant dates: May 1 as International Workers’ Day, and May 8 as the anniversary of the victory ending World War II. Odd...
  • London’s mayor must make waste a priority
    Published: 4 May, 2012 • Both Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone have made pledges on crime, transport and reducing the high cost of living. London’s waste problem, however, seems to...
  • From my hospital bed I saw the NHS tick-box culture in action
    Published: 4 May, 2012 • “I love the NHS, don’t get me wrong and I never thought I would ever say this… but we may end up, and it may be the best thing, with private insurance...
  • Sense about sexuality
    Published: 4 May, 2012 • As a teenager (15) I am surprised by the rising incidence of sexually transmitted infections, and the fact that teenagers are too scared to visit a sexual health clinic...
  • Swallowing ideologies
    Published: 4 May, 2012 • Dr Eliane Glaser’s book Get Real: How To Tell It Like It Is In A World Of Illusions (Just what are we being sold? Review, April 27) underlines the fact that brazen...
  • At the gate
    Published: 27 April, 2012 • I READ with interest your story about the placing of a statue, right, of “Mongolian mass murderer and infamous tyrant Genghis Khan” at Cumberland Gate by...
  • How to get the representatives you want in the election on May 3
    Published: 27 April, 2012 • MOST people do not fully understand the voting system London will use on May 3 to elect a new mayor and London Assembly. This is obvious to anyone campaigning for...
  • A date with Bomber Command
    Published: 27 April, 2012 • THE Bomber Command Memorial, under construction in The Green Park, London, will be dedicated and unveiled on June 28. The memorial will commemorate the 55,573 airmen...
  • Admiral Duncan 13 years on
    Published: 27 April, 2012 • MONDAY April 30 next week marks the 13th anniver­sary of the nail bomb attack on the Admiral Duncan, Soho. It marks the last of three attacks in April 1999 when...
  • Warnings of ‘big lie’ were there
    Published: 27 April, 2012 • IN his review of AN Wilson’s book Gerald Isaaman, writes perceptively (Talking up Adolf,  Review, April 20) about Hitler’s use of propaganda. But...