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Expect to be discredited if you dare to stand up for others
• WHY is John Gulliver so surprised at the treatment by Camden Council of the deceased Barry Sullivan (Town Hall’s buffoonery even manages to choke a tribute with ‘red tape’, September 11)?
Mr Sullivan decided to help others less fortunate than himself and he took direct action in attempting to stop the closure of Camden Town Neighbourhood Advice Centre premises. It took courage to do what he did and the council dislikes people who stand up for themselves and challenge its decisions. The council’s actions when dealing with dissenters is to attempt to discredit them so they give up.
It speaks volumes that Roger Robinson was the only councillor to offer words of appreciation for the work that Mr Sullivan had done over many years. Cllr Robinson is a councillor of the old school. He represents his constituents and speaks out for them against the injustices they suffer from the council. Alas, he is one of a dying breed, as was shown by his party trying to deselect him at the last local elections.
I am disillusioned by the new breed of councillor, who does not appear to have an elementary grasp of how to deal with people from the lower income and ethnic minority groups.
We were promised a more open and listening council when the Lib Dems and the Conservatives took over. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Stopping an 86-year-old lady from entering the council chamber is something you would expect in China or Russia, not Judd Street.
The council is more interested in gaining worthless awards to show off to other boroughs than actually listening to what residents are saying.
DF GOWERS
Broxwood Way, NW8
• Barry Sullivan? What can I say?
A man of such substance,
He shone like a star,
He was a friend by far.
Far more than those people who should have been supporting the weak and vulnerable, the people who Camden Council says it cares about. He was there when they failed in their promise of caring. Barry took over and fought the corner of vulnerable people; people in society who had nowhere else to turn.
He was a hero, far beyond the call of duty.
The outsider man. My hero. My friend. Anthony, my love, we’re thinking of you.
Sarah R Louise, Steve and Bella
Heath Street, NW3
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