I urge the three Brighton and Hove Labour MPs to do one of two things. Either tell Stephen Byers to resign or call on the Prime Minister to sack him.

Since Mr Byers has been Secretary of State for Transport, there has been crisis after crisis. Clearly, he cannot run his own department, let alone sort out the public transport problems.

Strikes on our railways, financial difficulties in air traffic control and a Press supremo and special adviser who did not get on with each other.

All this can be traced back to Mr Byers.

So, boys, tell us, do you back your constituents or your political friends?

-Carol Ramsden, Ditchling Rise, Brighton