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Sunday, July 21st 2019

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New CNJ archive Facebook page launched

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The climate and ecological crisis means real change must start now

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It’s the delivery lorries not the taxis!

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Stop these phone masts now

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Follow the rules for barbecues

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There are problems with the blue badges

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There is an exciting community-led plan for Camley Street

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Abacus has failed to listen to the concerns of other schools

• IT is sad that excellent local primary schools have had to speak out about the threat to their futures caused by Abacus...

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Camden has committed to campaign for remaining in the EU

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Why we oppose this new Abacus application

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We must resist the privatisation of public spaces by local authorities and English Heritage

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The proposal to return to capital punishment is worrying

• I CANNOT begin to describe to you how disturbing I find it that a former police officer would attach his name publicly to a...

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Vote cat not dog

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What butterflies want

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A tribute to Martin Morton

From the West End Extra

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On Bosies’ death

From the Islington Tribune

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Corbyn still fires on all cylinders

• I WAS amazed to read claims in national newspapers that Jeremy Corbyn has become...

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Questions remain about the safety of phone masts

• THE subject of telecommunications masts on roofs was covered in a recent briefing paper prepared for Cllr Meric Apak. It states...

From the Islington Tribune

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Why a Murdoch paper attacks Corbyn

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The Heath needs cleaning up regularly

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Why I haven’t voted in local or general elections

• I HAVE never voted in any general or local election – I feel we are not participating in a democratic process but functioning...

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The role of the Queen…

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I’ve got to get a grip…

• YOUR piece featuring fire Commissioner Dany Cotton, who has worked hard to keep us safe, was welcome, (The fire chief and...

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Copy of an email to Sir Keir Starmer MP

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Abacus Belsize Primary is an existing school

• THANK you for the balanced report, (We are alternative to ‘pay or pray’, says school ready to move into former police station,...

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Borough should be proud of its specialist education centres

• IN your report covering the creation of a unit at Haverstock School for children at risk of exclusion, intervening before...

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We need action now on diesel pollution

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Is it time to bring back the death penalty for murder?

• WITH 314 recorded murders in the country during 2018 and murders in London reaching 50 plus, it is quite clear there is no...

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Don’t deny the democratic will of the people

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The council will be marching in London Pride for the first time in almost 20 years

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Calling Kentish Town’s 1944 evacuees

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On HS2 and our trees

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Out of touch in 2016?

• JUNE 24 2016, a Daily Mail Comment: ‘Take a bow, Britain! It was the day the quiet people of Britain rose up against an...

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What has happened to all the butterflies?

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Questions remain about firefighting capabilities in the aftermath of Grenfell

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It could get bumpier on the buses!

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There are security and safety fears on our estate

• DURING the last week on our small estate in Maitland Park, there has been a trio of people getting into all the blocks at...

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Why no action on this fly-tipping?

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It’s time for a fresh look at…

• TIME to divert attention from Boris Johnson’s peccadillos, alleged misdemeanours, and whiff of scandal, and concentrate on a...

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Our association has questions for One Housing Group

• EARLIER this year our tenants’ association, which represents about 660 One Housing Group tenants in King’s Cross, was...

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With the major construction projects in the south of the borough, people’s voices must be heard

• WHETHER Somers Town becomes another “Silicon Valley” remains to be seen, (Somers Town people losing out as the rich eye up a...

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Thoughts on Her Majesty…

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What do tourists think of this mess?

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There is a serious lack of bins

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The rubbish is piled high in West Hampstead

• ANYONE walking in West Hampstead is confronted on a daily basis by business rubbish piled high and dumped on the pavements and...

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Attacks on guide dogs

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A Great Get Together

• AT the weekend, with support from JW3 and Camden Council, I hosted a Great Get Together (GGT) in JW3. It brought together...

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Decriminalise drug use now

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Shame on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

• I AM appalled to hear that it has cost over £2.4million of taxpayers’ money to paint and refurbish the residence of The Duke...

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Air your views on St Aloysius Catholic Primary School

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Dogs on the Heath are of concern

• I WAS heartened to read I am not the only one who is disturbed by dogs on Hampstead Heath, (Let’s have a dog-free day on the...

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‘Green oasis’ promise could turn out to be an empty one

• THE “promise” by the council to transform Camden High Street into a green oasis will, unfortunately, should their past record...

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Is closure of the high street the right thing to do?

• THE news that Camden has been granted £1million by London’s mayor to create a low emissions environment is, on the face of it,...

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The UK seems unable to protect its citizens abroad

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Tinnitus on the tube

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The Boris buses have left a lasting legacy

• AS an ex-London bus driver I think the writer of the letter urging the Mayor of London to save the C11 bus is wasting his time,...

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Don’t let the bus thieves get away with it

• TAKE heart Anita Brooks, (Bus crime against the elderly is too easy, May 30). I was also targeted at the end of February while...

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When will TfL admit the problems with tube noise and sort them out?

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No argument for banning letters you don’t agree with

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A look at our local primary school shows the mess the country’s in

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For Camden the traffic signs manual does not seem to matter in law

• CAMDEN Council is my Big Brother. Very late one night I get a phone call from a friend who has left a phone in my place. I’m...

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The council’s website isn’t good enough, what’s being done to fix it?

• EARLIER this year Camden Council launched its new £260k website. There was then a good deal of press and social media...

From the West End Extra

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Vehicles with no number plates showing are of concern

• IN our age of surveillance it is thought-provoking to frequently encounter vehicles...

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It’s always nice to have greenery around

• IT’S not difficult to spot the metal boxes, for they are painted a garish yellow and filled with plants and inscribed “Mayor of...

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XR activists could pick a better target

• I CAN’T see what Extinction Rebellion are trying to prove by blocking London roads in rush hour, (Extinction Rebellion to shut...

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The climate debate is over

• SHAME on you New Journal. You should not give space in your paper to climate change deniers, (End the hysteria on climate...

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Fossil fuels and Gaza’s future

• I FIND the points made by the Extinction Rebellion open letter to Sir Keir Starmer MP very timely and essentially vital to...

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Read Hazlitt on the character of ‘the late Mr Pitt’

• WILLIAM Hazlitt suggested what to avoid in choosing a PM in his “Character of the Late Mr Pitt”, 1806: “The talent he possessed...

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The proposal to cut taxes for the rich is an abomination

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