October 19 should be a date we remember with pride because it was when the people's voice was heard loud and clear on two issues.

First, there was the handing over of a petition containing a staggering 28,000 signatures, gathered in an amazing 11 days, rejecting the plans of Brighton Health Care NHS Trust to move the breast cancer care unit to Haywards Heath for reasons known to none but its members.

Second, there was the news that 61 per cent of the voters said No to a directly-elected mayor.

Perhaps the people of Brighton and Hove are saying enough is enough of politics of the few for the few.

Perhaps this could be an early lesson for the new chief executive to ensure he seeks as wide a consensus as possible on all matters of resident concern.

Is the next issue that of the inclusion of yet another unnecessary supermarket on the Brighton station site, already condemned as undesirable by overwhelming number of local people but supported by those elected to run the city on our behalf?

-Brian Chatfield, Crescent Drive North, Woodingdean