Voice of The Argus (October 31) suggested councillors should sometimes take their eyes off the ground and raise them to the skies.

I wouldn't recommend this to any pensioner walking along the crater-filled path that crosses Montpelier Crescent, Brighton, as our three Labour councillors - now either leaving the party or jumping ship to other wards - certainly have had their eyes elsewhere.

-C Hopper, Montpelier Crescent, Brighton