Letter: The loss of democracy

LETTER: You report that few people turned up at the meeting of the Albrighton local joint committee of Shropshire Council. Could the reason be that such committees are powerless talking shops, set up in vain attempt to cover up our loss of actual power with the scrapping of district councils, with the little funds given to committees being in the nature of bribes with the same objective?

As usual Margaret Thatcher's analysis was right. She said: "We've got too much government, keep the parish and district levels that are close to the electorate, scrap the county and regional levels that are remote and expensive."

If we need a new game for our Christmas parties we could play picking the biggest disasters inflicted on us by the Labour government (frequently abetted as in this case by Lib-Dems). Our choice would be wide, but the shifting of power to Shirehall must be high in the rankings.

David Lake

Bridgnorth