What joy to hear that Citygrove has dropped its plan, in league with the Council, to destroy our seafront with such horrors as a multiplex and casino.

It makes us realise that concerted effort can see off these people.

I am sorry that younger people think local politics is not something for them.

One said to me: "It's like gardening - something you get interested in later."

I replied: "No garden could possibly contain as many weeds and thorns as Brighton and Hove Council!"

-Simona Hastings, Westbourne Gardens, Hove.