You are right to describe the prospect of a 16.5 per cent rise in Brighton and Hove's council tax as a fiasco.

Local residents are using other f-words but they cannot be printed in a family newspaper.

The Labour Government awarded the City one of the lowest grant settlements in the country.

Given the choice between Hull and Hove, John Prescott will always favour the Labour heartland.

But what did Ivor Caplin, David Lepper and Des Turner do? Did they not have the stomach for a fight? Or do they simply not have any influence on those who make the decisions?

-Nicholas Boles, Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Hove and Portslade