How good it was to see 62 per cent of the local electorate vote No in the referendum on a directly-elected mayor.
Let's hope Lord Bassam and Mr Fanshawe have the good grace to realise, as they turn round, no one was behind them.
Now how about a referendum on city status?
-Nigel Baker, Vale Road, Portslade
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