Is it any wonder the Conservative Party failed so miserably to gain office in Brighton and Hove, when it has members with the breathtaking arrogance of Councillor Ted Kemble?

As a Brighton cabbie, he should have no place at meetings that decide the taxi tariff set by Brighton and Hove City Council and related issues.

He was elected to represent the people of Brighton and Hove, not Ted Kemble.

Coun Kemble should take note of the way the Conservative leader of Adur Council - also a Brighton cabbie - honourably takes his leave from any meeting when taxi issues are to be discussed.

I thought the Conservative Party was trying to erase its mistakes of the past and acting for all, not just vested interests.

Thankfully, that seems the case in Adur but, alas, not in Brighton and Hove.

-Tony Rogers, Brighton