Despite its new rules of 1998, Labour has failed the children by not saving lucrative land from the clutches of developers at Ifield First and Kirdford Junior schools ("Selling school land is no real solution", The Argus, July 28).

So, please don't expect me to join in with David Lepper's applause.

-Richard W Symonds, SCRAM Campaign for Hot School Meals and Playing Fields, Ifield, Crawley