Dear Editor I was interested in the story of Anthony Wilkinson and his campaign against plastic straws in Islington, (Gazette Feb 15th) tweeting pubs and restaurants one by one. Suddenly everybody is alarmed about the scale of plastic pollution, especially after David Attenborough’s TV programme showing what it does to wildlife and the oceans. Single […]
Read More… from Letter: Is Plastic Pollution the Last (Plastic) Straw?
The Holloway Road bridge-works are finally coming to an end, so what will happen next? We’ve been promised the Highbury Corner roundabout will be removed, to create a better ‘gateway’ to the area and improve conditions for bus-users, pedestrians and cyclists, but results of the previous consultation have been expected for more than a year. […]
We have watched the failure of Carillion, the plundering of pension funds to pay fat cat bonuses and the tightening squeeze on living standards for the lower paid. Conservative supporters celebrated the sale of Council houses to sitting tenants (and many now let them privately as the buyers take their profit): we all now wonder […]
Read More… from Letter: The biggest mistake we make about democracy is to take it for granted
Council Tax is an expense the borough’s lowest income households simply can’t afford. Islington does discount some of its tax rates but still too many of our poorest families are falling into arrears. Issuing court summons to people with no money is intimidating, an ineffective way of raising revenue and a waste of council resources. […]
Read More… from Council tax – don’t chase those on the lowest incomes
