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Islington Tribune - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: 25 September 2009
 
On Mall bandwagon

• THE stand against the closure of The Mall was led by a petition to save it undertaken by traders in Camden Passage, and had nothing to do with the Lib Dems (In market for votes, September 4). They jumped on the bandwagon after the strength of local feeling became apparent, but it was a case of too little too late.
Although they contested the developer’s original application, at a subsequent meeting they made a complete about-turn, granting full planning to the developer for the initial work plus further extensive work because they thought things “had been going on long enough”. This despite requests to defer any decision and questions as to why demolition work had already been started on the building.
The Mall could have been saved, together with small businesses in Camden Passage, if the council had used its powers to protect the area as a whole.
Vansi Velagapudi’s remarks regarding the vote in St Peter’s ward are similarly misguided. In the 2009 European elections the Conservative vote was 23.9 per cent – behind Labour’s 31.2 per cent and well ahead of the Lib Dems’ 16.2 per cent. In the 2008 London Assembly elections Conservatives came a healthy second, well ahead of the Lib Dems, while in the 2005 general election we were in third place. A straight fight between Labour and Lib Dems? I don’t think so; 2005 seems a very long time ago.
Yvette Pathare
Conservative candidate,
St Peter’s ward


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