I'm hard pressed to see the point in Kevin Donnelley's letter (August 7).

As Mr Donnelly correctly said, he certainly had a choice, which he took advantage of when he campaigned outside Jill Knight's constituency office.

I, too, have a choice, to represent the many families, in all their forms, who feel let down by a Labour government elected on a series of untruths and pledges which it has failed to deliver, including the promise to abolish Section 28.

As much as Mr Donnelly may wish the Conservative Party was full of bigots and homophobes, I am proud to inform him he is wrong.

I have to be honest in saying I have met more bigotry and hatred among members of the Labour Party's grassroots than at any time in the years of my activity for the Conservative Party.

Far from preaching, the Conservative Party is working hard to listen to what people from all communities are demanding of political representatives.

So while Mr Donnelly has a choice in making his views known to readers of The Argus, he should use that privilege very carefully rather than relying on age-old misrepresentations of what the Conservative Party stands for.

-David Gold, vice-president, Brighton Pavilion Conservative Association