I cannot believe there are as many people so "distraught" at the further crumbling of the total eyesore that is the West Pier into the sea as reports in The Argus seem to imagine.

I say: Well played the wind and waves. Perhaps the Lottery money available can be used for more important matters, such as making Brighton and Hove into less of a rubbish dump than it currently seems.

-M Stone, Park Close, Burgess Hill