http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/ Enfield Independent /yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/ en-gb Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:11:28 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:11:28 +0000 http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/resources/images/1000719/?type=rsslogo http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/ http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4273386.Use_of_bendy_buses_in_Enfield/?ref=rss I use the route W6 on my way to school every day and the overcrowding during morning and evening rush-hour is terrible. I have been late because of the bus driving straight past me and I have seen others in the same position as well. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:39:19 +0100 5aacc76a9a464a2f4cfc4e6143d4345f http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4273384.Home_truths_for_Enfield_MPs/?ref=rss In light of recent revelations that two of the three MPs based in Enfield claim for a second home despite living in commutable distance of central London and Westminster, I would suggest there is a relatively simple solution to the issue of the apparent misuse of the second homes allowance for MPs. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:36:47 +0100 90bce762d85afb07656d1a8fc6bd2009 http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4273368.Freedom_of_information/?ref=rss In your front-page story (‘MPs claim £20k for second homes’, my MP Joan Ryan supported the openness of publishing expenses by informing us this was due to the Freedom of Information Act brought in by a Labour Government. In 2007, with some other MPs including a Tory backbencher, Ms Ryan backed a Bill to exempt MPs from this Act in order to protect the confidentiality of those in her constituency, (though in a letter to me she promised her expenses would still be published). When I requested under the FOI Act a breakdown of those expenses, I was directed to the Government page offering all MPs’ totalled yearly costing. This exemption would have made information-gathering a major obstruction when locating abusers of expenses or other work-related matters by those we directly compensate. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:33:33 +0100 2b7c538fa983312ea5ad08074bff54ae http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4273353.Enfield_Council_s_road_safety_obligation/?ref=rss Reading that Enfield Council had been given a reward to do with road safety was both a shock and a joke for residents living near the new Forest Road health centre. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:31:26 +0100 ea8601fd02c716f7973202429e6bb1fc http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4273347.Can_we_beat_burglars_/?ref=rss I read with interest the article ‘Beating the burglars’. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:28:20 +0100 7c0b7676bf6f829556e3bdc73306c078 http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4273343.Weir_Hall_Library_may_rise_from_ashes/?ref=rss No tea, just sympathy, was all that the ombudsman could offer us after his deliberations on the procedure to close Weir Hall Library, in Edmonton. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:26:13 +0100 eb6afac0b07427fb8ac80f517ec999db http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4081458.Our_young_people_really_are_wonderful/?ref=rss On Thursday, January 22 I helped out at a wonderful event at Westminster organised by Enfield North MP Joan Ryan and the Labour Party. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:55:02 +0000 fb3acf945e0f672dd16b34c816bdb1a7 http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4081468.Obama_inauguration_was_an_awesome_day/?ref=rss NO ONE in their right mind can deny that the appointment of Barack Obama to the highest position in the world is of awesome significance. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:57:07 +0000 cf20693339e1cfde7fece90ee140b620 http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/4081439.Don___t_let_EU_destroy_our_precious_Royal_Mail/?ref=rss THE Post Office was a popular, effective and profitable state monopoly in this country until the EU passed directives in the 1990s to open it to competition. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:53:21 +0000 26698c8ac6164258d8ea81f10de6586b http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/yoursay/yourviews/yourviews/3983395.Library_campaign_has_only_just_begun/?ref=rss I WOULD like to thank all those who turned up during the demonstration at Weir Hall library on Saturday morning despite the severe weather conditions (The end is near for much-loved library, see p22). Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:21:48 +0000 7ecb6a6e60f2c7bacdb9c0395778d9d7