I would like to congratulate Councillor Keith Taylor on his appointment as principal speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales (The Argus, August 7).

He stated: "Where the Greens were strong, as in Brighton, voters could see they made a real difference". Here in Hove, too, they have really made their mark.

The fact we have this monstrous over-development of the King Alfred site hanging over us is due to the Greens voting with Labour last year.

Even though the original ridiculous Tin Can Towers idea has been abandoned in favour of a far denser but still over-powering housing scheme, the Greens and now the Lib-Dems are all voting along with the Labour Group.

I am sure the voters in central Hove will remember this.

-Councillor Averil Older, Hove