WHAT a bumper crop of letters you had last week. Enough deliberate and (perhaps) accidental missing of the point to keep a Labour spin doctor happy for months.

Mr Jones, who complains about lack of vision coming from the town hall over Lancaster Market, Bubbles and so on, because of problems recently uncovered. Where has he been for the last several years? It is only since Labour were kicked out two months ago that we are starting to learn about some of the horrors kept from us. Not even their worst critics realised how much the previous ruling group had to keep quiet about, and how much money they had wasted. To solve a problem, you have to know it's there. Who knows how long it will take before the full extent of their monstrous legacy is known.

Mrs Quinton complains that she hasn't been given enough credit by the Independents who, she says, are as bad as their predecessors. That's a really good one, taking Lib Dem hypocrisy to a new height. This is presumably the same Mrs Quinton who was happy to vote with Labour and utter not a word of public criticism when they were perpetrating some of their worst excesses.

Councillor Bryning, on the subject of Blobbygate, "Let's keep on pretending that it's not really our business." Well, what did you expect, Citizen Smith? An acceptance of responsibility, a word of remorse? You must be joking! The Labour gang have spent five years covering up the disgraceful way in which £2 million of tax payers' money was thrown down the drain. Do you really think that any of them will admit the truth, whether they were personally involved or not? And again on the subject of the Winter Gardens, are you absolutely sure councillor that this is not at all the responsibilty of the council?

And finally the illustrious Mr Dawson. Lesson one: it's dangerous to say kind words about Mr Dawson, even when you don't mean them. Anything remotely complimentary, even spoken in sarcasm, is likely to be quoted as an endorsement. He obviously likes 'illustrious' a lot and I expect we'll soon find it at the top of his headed notepaper or even tattooed on his forehead.

But what nonsense he does talk. I think it's frightening that the electorate were somehow duped into voting for him.

Let's be clear, Mr Dawson, no one has accused you of being racist. The fact is we don't know what you are.

You claim to be anti-racist, but on the evidence of your letters you don't know what racism is.

You're obviously opposed to something, but anyone who can try seriously to complain that "a vote for Labour is a vote for Henig" is a racist remark has been in the sun too long.

Mike Ford

Silverdale

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